There are a plethora of downsides to raising a puppy in a small, 3rd floor apartment in the city. During the first several months of a pup’s life they are basically forbidden from going places in which they could come into contact with other dogs (of unknown vaccinations and diseases) until they themselves are properly vaccinated. This includes dog parks, the pet store and basically anywhere public (i.e. the sidewalk!). Since I don’t have a backyard, poor Tucker wasn’t able to go outside and play for the first couple months home with me. Of course some people ignore this rule, but I figure better safe than sorry! I love him too much to risk him getting seriously ill.
He was, however, allowed to make field trips to my parents’ house to meet Baxter and Rocko (fully vaccinated of course). Baxter can be a bit, um, how do I say this? Anxious. So his first (and second and third) meeting with Tucker was somewhat tentative on his end. Who was this small creature encroaching on his home? And why was he jumping excitedly in his face? He is starting to come around, but I wouldn’t say they’re buddies quite yet. A little more progress left to be made, but I know it’ll happen sooner or later. Rocko, who is a short but long and surprising strong dog, didn’t realize his strength when he would clumsily tap Tucker with his rear end and Tucker would fall over (somewhat repeatedly). Luckily Tucker didn’t even notice this happening – ha! So what did I learn from all this? Tucker likes to play with other dogs! Yay!
During this time of confinement Tucker and I also made tons of trips up to my apartment’s rooftop deck. Tucker didn’t so much care about the beautiful view of Lake Union and downtown Seattle, but loved the room to run around in the fresh (although cold and wintertime) air.
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| View from my rooftop deck |
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| Indoor playtime with Boyfriend |
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| He loves chasing and "attacking" Ranger (his raccoon) |
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