This past week was a beautiful Minnesota summer week, temperatures in the upper 70’s low 80s, blue sky, no rain! Week 5 the puppies finally spent some time outdoors. Their first experience was spending a few minutes in an x-pen on the sidewalk. They did not like the texture of the sidewalk and they were unsure about all the sounds of the outdoors, the wind, traffic, airplanes, etc. Their first trip outdoors was short. The next day we moved the x-pen to the grass. This they liked better, but were still unsure of all the sounds. Each day they became more and more comfortable with outside. Now they fear nothing, they love to run and chase each other and explore beyond the x-pen. When we take them outside, they run down the sidewalk to the grass or maybe cut across the landscape rocks, they just want to get to the grass to begin playtime. They run, they sit, they lay down in the cool grass and they roll on their backs, these puppies love spending time outdoors!
