The local BMD club was planning an informal outing to a dog park and beach about an hour drive away (Bow Wow beach in Stow), so I decided to take Kodo up there to hang out with other Berners. As soon as we got in, Kodo got a little freaked out when another dog there growled at him, so he spent the first 10 minutes sitting against a building wall with his tail tucked under him, refusing to make eye contact with any of the dogs trotting by him. It turned out a Great Dane group had picked today to meet up there too, so there were a LOT of big dogs there..
After about 20 minutes he started moving away from the wall on his own and wandering along the back fence smelling things. At this point, he met a girl mastiff puppy (much smaller than him) who kept following him and sitting next to him which seemed to help his confidence a bit. He started going up to people and asking for attention.
He started playing chase a little with a pair of 4 or 5 month old Berner pups that came up. They were SOOO cute! I miss that fuzzy puppy coat!!
As the time went by, he started getting a little more outgoing. There were a couple times where I saw him racing from one side of the beach to the other play-chasing another dog or being chased. And he did some of his happy bunny hopping when he was playing too.. :) Toward the end of our time there, he met a beautiful female Weimeraner named Cashmere who he really got along well with- they spent a bunch of time romping back and forth together.
I tried to coax him into the water twice to help him cool off, but he would have none of it. Not even up to his ankles. Guess he won't be a water dog at all...
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