Not for me, but for Zisso and Nadia. Four of them as a matter of fact!

A lady that I met through Dock Diving has 4 dogs and today we got together for a short period to see how our dogs do. I was terribly worried about Zisso meeting her male, which is an Aussie. Tucker is real sweet, slightly smaller than Z, but his thing is herding his 'harem' because the other three are all female.

I took my two out and she let hers out one by one. Z did some butt sniffing, and of course took in their urine odors. Nadia really didn't do much until the other girls were loose.

Nadia wanted to cut loose and chase but I am now unsure about her reactions to other girls. My friend didn't think Nadia wanted to do anything mean spirited but that she really wanted loose to play with the other girls.

We walked her Aussie, Tucker and my two on leash, and her 3 girls ran off leash. One of those three is an older dog so not a threat and Nadia had little if any interest in her. But Liberty and Veda...they would zip past us and Nadia really wanted to join them.

Zisso He was busy sniffing this new place we went to and not much into the others at all. He barely even looked at Tucker! I think he sniffed that dog's butt once and then we were off to check out other areas. I am soooo very proud of him! It was as if it was natural for us to be around all these dogs! Who knew he would be okay with it!!

We weren't there long. As soon as we got there it started raining and got extremely cold...my hands felt like they were frozen, like from making snowballs with no gloves. Just moments prior, it has been sunny.

We are going to continue to get together and let the dogs get better acquainted so that my two can say 'we haz friendz!' It would be nice to be able to take them out with other people and other dogs.

After her dogs were loaded up we let my two off leash to run but instead they went straight to the truck and loaded up too. I had to walk away and call them so they could stretch their legs and run in the rain. Nadia was thrilled to be off leash and found a spot to roll in, with pure delight

"we haz friends" That is wonderful to read Bev and I think you can probably say they do already have friends!

Um....next time could we possibly maybe pretty please have a pic or two?!

Aww thank you Bianca! We weren't there long enough to break out a camera this time and we were also both prepared for trouble just in case so needed our hands free. But next time, we will definitely take pics.

The only doggie friend they have ever had before this is my buddy John's black lab.

I think I am still in shock that Z was so uninterested in the whole gang.He really was the one I worried about before this meeting. Nadia was the one I should have worried about ... just not sure she can cope with other dogs zooming about!

I hope this works out to be a nice relationship for all the dogs!

So do I Kathy It would be nice to be able to get together with other like minded folks sometimes!

Hey, this sounds like a really nice opportunity for you and the dogs, Bev. And I am betting on the dogs: I think they are going to surprise you and do just fine with their new friends.