SO last night I took Kodo to the dog park. Lately he hasn't been playing as much- he will do a couple mini-romps, then spend the rest of his time wandering around to people for pets or just sniffing. But last night there was a 4-month old boxer puppy there- his favorite thing! And the boxer puppy decided Kodo was an awesome playmate, and they went to town. For about 30 minutes, Kodo was getting his head boxed with little puppy paws and his jowls nipped at with little puppy teeth, and he was having the time of his life!! He slept WELL last night!
This morning was a bit cooler, so I decided to take him to the parks around 9 to get him a good walk. We did a different loop than we normally do, mostly under trees and packed dirt/gravel instead of asphalt- much better for coolness of puppy paws. We were on the last quarter mile, when I saw a GORGEOUS malamute (and her person) coming toward us along the trail. Her markings were very striking and she was very large- about the same shoulder height as Kodo! (the malamute that is, not the person..) Her person asked if the pups could say hello, so I let Kodo up from his sit and they did the usual sniffing things while the owner and I chatted. Then they started pouncing and trying to romp- which is a little tricky when you both are on leashes. After a couple minutes of that we took the dogs off in their respective directions.
I decided to take Kodo to Petsmart on the way home because he was getting a little low in food. We stopped just outside the doors to get swarmed with a crowd of people who seemed to think Kodo was the best thing since sliced bread (not that he was complaining!) One of the couples had a 4-month oldish pup from the APL- they were guessing a chow/collie mix, and SOOO cute!! Well, he decided Kodo would make an awesome playmate too, so they started in on each other. Kodo lay down to make it fair, the puppy chomped on Kodo's ears and jowls and Kodo whipped his head around a lot and thumped the puppy with a giant paw occasionally. I did recommend the Avon Lake dog park to the couple- their pup certainly seemed like he had a lot of energy to burn off!
Finally as we were about to enter the store, someone came by with what looked to be two shaved Old English Sheepdogs? They were very excited about Kodo and the poor owner was having a heck of a time holding them back. Then when one of them managed to lunge close enough, he snarled and tried to take Kodo's face off before the owner pulled him back.. :( I guess it isn't possible to be universally loved, even when you are THIS cute!
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