Bamm Vs. Middie! - the photo journal.

Here are the pictures I took on Saturday when Stef and Amber were trying to

introduce Bamm and Middie.

Sniff Sniff


*flop*


Lets all look at Stef



Bamm investigating Middie



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Bamm staring


Bamm making a mean face


Middie returns the mean face


Then we went inside because it was really hot.

Bamm between Amber's legs



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What are they doing over there?


I'm handsome


What's that? What are you going to do? NOooooooo...



Bamm stretching



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Stef biting Middie's nose



I'm getting tired of this.


Evil cat lurking on stairs says: "make doggies go away!"


Then we left Stef's house because Amber needed to take care of horses.

Bamm in the car.


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Bamm watching Mommy drive.


Looking out the window while standing on the photographer.


At Amber's we waited for her to feed and then crate Bamm. Stef was tired.


Then we brushed some horses. Here's Amber working on Chessie's (mare) mane.



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Here's Stef working on Jakar's (gelding) mane.


And here is Swifty, an ancient mare. I helped curry brush her, and she enjoyed it very much.


The neighbor's beagle mix also came by to say hello.


Then we went back to Amber's house so that Amber could change her pants.

Here is Stef and Goober, Goober is playing with Stef's nut, I believe she named it William. No captions for these.


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Then we went back to Stef's house and ate a yummy dinner of grilled chicken, potato salad, and coleslaw.

Stef hiding from the camera.



Last pose of the day.


DONE!!!!!

AWW!

I want to BE THERE.


Looks like you guys had lots of fun!

I love those pictures! Everybody is looking good.

That's so great. I love how playful you guys were. Really nice photos

I love them.

And I'm sorry about my crazy hair. That's how it looks when I don't brush it.

Oh, and it is William Fred Walnut Jr. That was his name. Goober decided walnuts were tasty and mortally wounded him.

Holy carp you two look similar...

Great photos too! Looks like the boys had a lot of fun!

haha I look funny... lol.

It's so awesome to ACTUALLY have pics of Bamm and Middie together... now... while we're on the subject of Bamm and Middie...

When Bamm first saw Middie he wanted to eat him or something of the sort lol... he completely reacted lunging, growling, whining etc... We ended up taking them outside into this fenced in play area that Nolu has behind her house. It was very slow progress getting Bamm close enough to Middie to sniff him without snapping... I had to do my best to read Bamm's facial and body expressions to keep him from feeling too overwhelmed and exploding.

By the end of the day we were having positive interactions for the most part. In order to keep each interaction between them a positive one; I would allow Bamm to walk up and sniff Middie and then have him walk away with me and be rewarded... I needed to move him away from Middie before he decided to snap or anything of the sort... the goal was to keep positive and set Bamm up for success in everything we did.

We did have a couple little snappy snarky moments from Bamm, but all in all this was a GREAT training session. We haven't gotten them to the point where we're comfortable with them offleash around each other... that will probably take a bit of time, but I feel confident in saying that I think Bamm will come around and possibly even get to the point where he enjoys Middie's company. Guess time and patience will tell. All I can say though is that I really hope that next time Bamm wont decide to lick Middie's little manly parts... that was slightly disturbing. hehe

ME TOO!!

I want IRL CHAZ FRIENDS!!!!!

I WANT DOG/ANIMAL CRAZY FRIENDS!!


You guys are ADORABLE.

Awww very cute! Lots of fun, I see.

Middie looks so puppyish, it's too cute.

You guys look like you always have a blast.

what fun it looks like you had!

Aww, how fun !

Bcca, MOVE TO VIRGINIA. I wanna meet you and Ella.