Shippo's Good With Kids Now
I just got back from running Shippo, and more people stopped me to ask to pet him (as usual), and kids this time. He did great with them. I remember back when he was 7 months old, and we had that incident with the crazy little girl, but it's good to know it never phased him (I found out recently that he was never socialized with little kids at a very young age when he should have been).
We were out running, and two little kids stopped me and asked to pet him, so I said yes, and even though they did it totally wrong before I could show them the RIGHT way, he was still just fine! He even gave them kisses and did some tricks for them. The little girl begged me to let her walk him, but I said no (I don't let others walk my dogs). The girl apparently has a chihuahua who she can't even walk lol...
Even though the walk took a lot longer than expected, and I froze my butt off because it quickly got dark and windy while I talked to these kids, it was enjoyable lol, and Shippo made some human friends. >^_^<
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