Last Saturday I took Scout to the dogpark. He was just running around as usual. When he took off down the hill in the field. I look closer and there are two horses grazing. Thier owners just hanging out making sure they're cooling down. I thought to myself, oh crap, Scout's never met a horse. So I called him to me. He came most reluctantly. When he return I walked over with him. The owners were really nice and awesome about all the dogs checking out the horses. The horses are older and really the most well behaved horses when nosey dogs are checking them out, sniffing them and sometime barking at them. Scout creeped up slowly to the first one. Eyes as big as saucers. Sniff, sniff, jump back....sniff, sniff, jump back. Then one of the horses blew air out of thier lips. Scout acted like a cannon went off and jumped really far back while ducking ~_~@
He did really well with this introduction. Then he realized, hey I've greeted him politely with my sniffing, why hasn't he even acknoweledged me. He must be really cool and therefore must play with me. At which point Scout started doing his playbow, barking and attempted to hop in and do this mouthy thing he does with dogs when he wants them to play(basically he slobbers on their ears). Obviously I stopped him from doing that.
He listened really well.
What IS that?
Hmm, and another one!
I'll just get in a little closer
Hmm...horses are too cool to play with me. Maybe if I act like one then they'll think I'm cool too. So I'll just graze along beside them!
The three of us and Scout being such a good boy(excuse my fuzzy head and general unkempt appearance...it was saturday and HOT)!
Horsey smile!
Ridgie REALLY wanted to play with this horse. I think he thought it was another ridgie. They were the exact same color!
The aussie did NOT want to play with the horse and the golden couldn't care less about the horse!
And this sweet boy a dogo argentino was really cute!
Only 9 months and as big as Scout!
Oh and when the people who owned the horses were done letting them graze they saddled them up. I stuck around so Scout could watch the process and not freak out when all the sudden the human is strangely projecting out of the horse. When they were set to take off we gave them room. And what does Scout do as they start trotting across the field: Scout decides he's going ride with the HORSES like its a rite of passage. I let him follow across the field knowing that he doesn't really ever go that far from me. But this was different, I really think he wanted to ride with the horses. Luckily he has a great recall and I was able to call him back from about 200 meters away. I was really proud of him and this whole experience!