Our foster pug Winston had a meet & greet this past Sunday at the Pearland Dog Park off of Hwy 288. It was our first trip there and we were suitable impressed with the facilities. They have some "just for fun" agility training equipment out for everyone to use and I have a feeling that Phebes would just love that. We'll have to make a point to take her there now that the weather is starting to cool.

Anyway, we had decided to take Denny along for moral support. Last weekend when I took Winston to the Houston Pug Meet-up at the Danny Jackson Dog Park, he was rather shy. I'm not sure if it was the sheer number of dogs there or the fact that he didn't know anyone, but regardless he seemed more comfortable hanging out with the fence than the other pugs. Since this is most definitely not how he acts at home I was worried about him being so timid at his meeting. We decided to take Denny so he'd be with a friend and it would also give Denny a chance to run around like a loon. So we dressed them in their finest harnesses and set off for Pearland.

So we arrived and met the person we were there to see who has a young female pug that needs a companion. I'm not quite sure what happened, but we could tell it wasn't going to work out. Poor Winston started acting all shy again. Denny was a bit more lively, but Winston just kept getting sniffed by big dogs and running off towards the fence. After about half an hour he started to loosen up, but by then we knew it was too little too late. Though we had accurately described how lively he is when playing with Phebes & Charlie, it wasn't enough to convince this person that he wasn't the shy, timid guy he was acting like at the park. So we said our goodbyes knowing Winston would not be leaving us just yet. Which makes me wonder....was that Winston's plan all along?

He DOES seem to be settling in...