Week four - Night shift and meeting other dogs

Week four was a little strange for Orion I guess.
We lived at Ine's place and Mischa was around all day.
I returned from Work at 6.30AM and fell asleep after we walked a little and Orion had breakfast.
When I got up at 11ish we walked again and then I prepared whatever was necessary for the day and the upcoming TOY-RUN (a biker event I have helped organizing the last 10 years).
Then usually we went for another walk and another and finally picked up Ine at work and after dinner I went to work again at 9.30PM.

Frequently we met other dogs and Orion got better meeting them rather neutral and getting along with them rather than growling and barking at the first glance.

On Friday we had to wait for Ine to finish this and that at work, so we went to a dog-zone near "Haus des Meeres". On the way there we stopped at a "Royal Canin" stand (a supplier for high quality dog food) and Orion was given a bag of food. Stuffed with all sorts of special food for his sensitive digestion system. As Mischa was with us, he was given another stuffed bag with special food for slightly overweight dogs. Ine had to admit that I was successful getting about 5 kg of dog food for free (looking at her own bag containing about 250 grams of free dogfood).

When we reached the dog zone with our heavy load there was a German Shepard. Mischa went there to greet him like he always does and Orion was a bit suspicious. This dog was just the size he usually dislikes and is very angry with at first sight. This time he sniffed a little and the ignored the other dog. I could even take his muzzle off and he ran around happily for about half an hour (while Mischa as usual collapsed and rested in the sunshine).

Sunday, the day we went to the TOY RUN the dogs had to stay at home alone for a long time. We left at 4:30 in the morning and returned at 6PM. The welcome we received was chaos. 2 happy dogs jumping around barking, whining, licking hands and faces and the boys were very glad to be walked.

We went to a small but beautiful dog zone well hidden and clean. When we arrived it was just Mischa and Orion who inspected the zone but then two women arrived with two small dogs and Orion fell in love with one of them. A cute white little one that ran around like crazy and Orion followed with passion. It was very funny to see the two rushing around vanishing into bushes and reappearing again. Orion squeezed himself through the smallest holes just to keep in touch with the little one. Everybody watching was laughing  and as other dog owners arrived they joined in. Meanwhile the other small dog tried to hump Mischa who was very grumpy and tried to get rid of the thing clinging to his butt.

Orion seems to lose his aggression and it gets easier  for us to go to dog zones and parks leaving Orion the freedom to run around without lead and muzzle. Something we had not expected to happen this fast.