Archer's Outings

As I try to socialize Archer correctly I am trying to take Archer to a new place each day or for him to experience something new each day. His first big outing was a walk around our neighborhood and it was a long walk. I did carry him for a small part of the time but for the most part he did walk. He met young children, a dog I know and a man with a lawn mower. He saw and heard cars and motorcycles. There were a few things that bothered him but all in all he took everything in stride and had a good time. The next day he went to Ben's violin class and to several stores. He met a number of people along the way. Tonight fe will go to Kamin's agility class and hopefully have a blast.

Size does not matter

We brought Archer home yesterday and he was a very good travel dog for the 6.5 hour ride home. He sat in the back seat with Ben watching him. When we got home he met Kamin and Jeff. Kamin as taken to him fine but is mostly ignoring Archer for now. Archer was a bit scared of Kamin when we first got home but now is curious and is try to politely get Kamin to play with him from time to time. The cutest thing I was able to watch yesterday and there we many was Archer drinking water out of Kamin's bowl. Kamin bowl is on a platform about 9 inches off the ground; I have a bowl at a height set for Archer but he thought this one would do just fine. He did this multiple times and just loved it.

The drive ahead

Friday Morning We leave to get Archer. Ben and Kamin will be going with me. It should be a 6-7 hours drive if we do not have any problems but it should be an adventure. Archer was 8 weeks old yesterday and very small, probably the smallest dog I have brought home. This blog will be my record of raising and training Archer, and hopefully improving on the training I did and did not do with Kamin.