We met them wandering round near the officer's houses on the green so we were able to let them off lead to run about. Granville was pretty fast but not a patch on Macintosh. At one point they were running rings around us owners stood talking. Mac was on the outer loop running full pelt, tail between legs and tongue hanging out. Granville was on the inner loop going at a slower pace but thoroughly enjoying it. With all their play they managed to tire themselves out completely which was a bonus for us!
Whilst the dogs were playing myself and the other owner had a chance to exchange puppy stories. Granville is only 6 months old and is their first dog. She was a little worried about some of the aspects of puppyhood and what was normal. After establishing that Macintosh isn't normal (!) we discussed some of the niggling worries she had. I think she left feeling relieved that it wasn't just her dog who did bizarre things! We swapped numbers too so that we could arrange more playdates and tire the dogs out. In fact it was such a good playtime for Mac that he slept for 4 hours afterwards!
As I was looking at Granville I was reminded how cute the puppy stage is and yet how quickly its all over. Many of you will not have seen any puppy photos of Macintosh so I thought I'd share a few of my favourites from the earliest days.
This was the first photos anyone saw of Macintosh. It was taken about an hour after we got him home. He just fell asleep, completely exhausted.
He was a chewer, right from the word go! Incidentally, can you see how his eyes look so dark, like he's wearing eye liner!
This was taken in the first week we got him. He still stands up near the washing machine, except his head reaches up onto the counter and he tries to lick our dirty plates.
Andrew bought him this pheasant toy. He thought it might inspire Macintosh to become a hunter. All it did was encourage him to rip toys into the tiniest pieces.
This last photo is the first walk Macintosh went on. It was the slowest walk ever as he sniffed and sniffed and sniffed! We didn't go that far at all, but he loved it. We've since been back there and he still loves those woods, although we have to walk a lot further to tire him out.
So there we go, Macintosh as a tiny puppy. He was adorable.
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Wow he's grown some. How old is he now?
ReplyDeleteHe is a year and a half old now. He's slowly heading towards maturity!
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