What a Good Girl

This afternoon I did a private lesson with a lovely family who inexplicably purchased *two* littermate Labradoodles — the puppies are 16 wks. old, had never been “off the farm,” and had been taken away from mom at six weeks of age because she didn’t “belong” to the “breeders” (and oh, am I using that term loosely here!). That said, the pups are nicer than expected but neither parent has owned/had a dog since childhood. They have three children — 4, 6, and 10; youngest is a boy, the other two are girls. The boy, typical of his age and gender, was a hellion (albeit a pleasant and bright one) and ran around the training building, first pulling one of the puppies, then by himself. When he landed, he proceeded to first run up to Kaper and throw both arms around her and hug her tightly, then explore and pull on her ears, after proclaiming that she must be “sad” since her ears were standing up. She licked him in the face. Then, he sat on the floor and leaned up against her. She laid down beside him. Next I noticed he was draped across her midsection, and then he sat on her shoulder. She laid there and thumped her tail. Finally, he laid on the floor next to her and she licked the top of his head, his ears and face, as he giggled uncontrollably.
Now, before you ask where the parents were, they constantly either picked him up, or made him sit on a chair, but we were there for an hour and forty-five minutes, and he’s a four year old boy with more energy than I ever had! He wasn’t being a “bad” kid, and bless her German Shepherd heart, Kaper was amazing. Keep in mind that she hasn’t interacted with little kids since she was eight weeks old, although she’s seen a number of them. She’s pretty wild at times, so I have limited her direct play with small kids. I was so darned impressed with her gentleness, especially since she can roughhouse with the best of them!
Good girl, Kape!! I’m so proud of her and I’m letting her breeder know what an awesome puppy I have!! This breed is incredible.