I headed out to Malagash today to visit Esme because I can't pick her up until Wednesday this week. There was a big snow storm last week and my parents couldn't get to the vet so they had to reschedule until this week - that meant a week's delay in bringing little Esme home. I took the dogs with me to introduce to her and her siblings so that when she came here it wouldn't be such a shock. Initially, when they saw the Ridgebacks, the Puli puppies were startled and when one puppy freaked out so did everyone else. Sigh ... there's always one ...
Anyway, they gradually got used to each other and eventually we let the puppies out to play for a bit and then put everyone away except Esme. She is a little spitfire that's for sure! Not scared of the Ridgebacks but just cautious about her safety and mindful of their size. And well she should be ...
It's not a very good photo, the flash was doing some crazy stuff, but Leeloo and Esme's inspection of each other was brief and informative. They will have more time to size each other up soon enough.
Esme was apologetic and ingratiating, as puppies tend to be when greeting strange dogs, and Raimi thought she was boring at best but worth a cursory sniff. His expression, most of the day, seemed to be saying "Surely you are not thinking of bringing one of those home."
This is Raimi's nose and Esme using me as a shield. She was wagging the whole time and trying to bite my fingers which is a promising sign. You can see her bright little eyes gleaming up out of her coat.
Archer would not get closer than 5 feet to any of the puppies except when they were safely shut away in their expen and asleep, then he girded his loins and cautiously approached a sleeping puppy. It was lying against the side of the expen with some of its coat sticking through the bars and he was brave enough to sniff it for a moment and then scuttle away. My mom called him the Cowardly Lion Dog ... I think that just might stick.
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