4* Fenway - 4/25/06 - 8/15/14 - Pass the Puppy - Memory Project
When Fenway was a puppy and I took him to puppy kindergarten there was an exercise we were all suppose to do. It was called “pass the puppy”. It involved each person passing their puppy to the person next to them and then handing them back. I knew the teacher, she was very perceptive and could read dogs really well. We had talked before the class about Fenway’s shyness and she had met him before the class started. He was the only pup in the class that she said not to pass around. She felt it would be too frightening for him. He was great with the other puppies in the class and was very quick and easy to train. He just wasn’t comfortable with people he didn’t know making a fuss over him. We worked so hard to socialize him and expose him to different places and things He did learn to accept affection and treats from people he didn’t know but if you knew him you could see he wasn’t overly comfortable with it.
It’s funny how photos can trigger your memories. While going through my photos of Fenway I found this one of my youngest son, Tom, picking Fenway up and swinging him around. The photo made me remember the story from puppy kindergarten. I think you can tell from his face Fenway had no trouble with his “brother” playing pass the puppy! Tom was off on his own but Fenway still knew he was part of our family. That blur you see in the foreground is Della, who was very jealous!
4* Fenway - 4/25/06 - 8/15/14 - Pass the Puppy - Memory Project
When Fenway was a puppy and I took him to puppy kindergarten there was an exercise we were all suppose to do. It was called “pass the puppy”. It involved each person passing their puppy to the person next to them and then handing them back. I knew the teacher, she was very perceptive and could read dogs really well. We had talked before the class about Fenway’s shyness and she had met him before the class started. He was the only pup in the class that she said not to pass around. She felt it would be too frightening for him. He was great with the other puppies in the class and was very quick and easy to train. He just wasn’t comfortable with people he didn’t know making a fuss over him. We worked so hard to socialize him and expose him to different places and things He did learn to accept affection and treats from people he didn’t know but if you knew him you could see he wasn’t overly comfortable with it.
It’s funny how photos can trigger your memories. While going through my photos of Fenway I found this one of my youngest son, Tom, picking Fenway up and swinging him around. The photo made me remember the story from puppy kindergarten. I think you can tell from his face Fenway had no trouble with his “brother” playing pass the puppy! Tom was off on his own but Fenway still knew he was part of our family. That blur you see in the foreground is Della, who was very jealous!