His full name will be Loveline's Maillot Jaune (Yellow Jersey in case you don't speak French) since we picked him up on the first day of the the Tour de France.
He is a fantastic puppy! We are officially on Day 2...so how did Day 1 go?
We did kid introductions first in the backyard and they did a great job of leaving him alone to explore, and using their tug toys if he started after their feet.
Jaune checking out the tufts of Reyna hair we left in the yard. They were very comfy!
Daddy explaining what we have been telling them about puppy attacks with a live demo...
The kids standing by armed with tugs in case puppy might want to say hi...
And he did....way to go David and Penelope! They did a great job following directions...
David was crouched down in the photo, but based on the gregarious nature of Jaune we had to amend the rules to say "no sitting near the puppy" Jaune is just too rambuctious and determined to get to the kids faces when they are sitting.
Then we moved inside. We had gated off the bedroom half of the house and closed the doors to the play room so Jaune was limited to the Kitchen and Living Room. Also Reyna was crated in our room and the gate prevents Juane from running up and down the hall in front of the closed door which could have led to frustration on Reyna's part.
Jaune's crate what sized to fit him with the adjustable panel, and filled with fun chew toys...
We traded spaces with the animals and rotated them around throughout the day. I don't have any photos or videos of that since it requires 100% attention from both adults to ensure smooth transitions between all parties at first but I will get some posted soon! It has gone exactly as planned except that Reyna was much easier to manage around the pup than we thought she would be so we were able to quickly skip through the on leash stage. It is now day three and they are able to have short supervised off leash interactions with me very present to intervene if either starts to get over threshold. They both eat breakfast and dinner on their mats one kibble at a time for calm behavior right next to each other. This also gives us a pattern to go back to if they start getting too aroused.
Part of the benefit of starting with such heavy management is that we can move through some steps quickly if it goes smoother than we thought which has been the case. If you lump the steps you run the risk of having to back track and do damage control if it doesn't go as well. Hmmm...sounds sort of like smart shaping to me!
As a closing photo here is Norm teaching Penelope how to brush Jaune, and teaching Jaune that being brushed is relaxing...
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