Thanks everyone for your encouragement. We had our second class yesterday, and it went much better.
The first 5 minutes Deegan was a little hesitant, but after that he really came out of his shell. He constantly played with the little Min Pin, on our left. They were so cute together. And he didn't do too badly with the other, much larger dogs either. He was a bit scared in the begining with them, but when he was one on one with a large dog he didn't seem to mind as much... until they swatted him with they huge puppy paws.
During play time though, the trainer thought that just to get Deegan's confidence up a bit that we would just have him play with the other small dog, the Min Pin. Then hopefully as we get more into the class, we might be able to play with the larger ones. But I won't force him if he doesn't want to.
Our friends have a Golden Retriever, and they have only seen each other once. I think that I would be extremely nervous for him to be around Max. I know that Max wouldn't hurt him on purpose, but you know how rough puppies can be, and I wouldn't want an accident. I think our friends take offence to this, but what can I do. I only want to protect my pup.
Thanks again everyone for writing, I'll post more as we progress. |