Ok, please bear with me and let me brag a bit, I rarely do I promise! But yesterday Riley was at the Irish Festival for 5 hours and he did absolutely wonderful. I was a little nervous at first because he is very young (1.5 yr) and exuberant. Plus add in the tons of people, little kids, food, loud music...But OMG - I am so *proud* of him! I couldn't have possibly asked him to behave any better than he did. He was so gentle with everybody - little toddlers, babies in their strollers...he just let them pet him and wagged his tail appreciatively. Absolutely no jumping, no boisterous-ness, no bodyslamming (his favorite "trick", lol). He was certainly a star! I even had someone say they would give me their shirt for my dog! LOL. And he got lots of people loving the Irish Setter breed. I am just so completely thrilled because here's this dog who started out his life as one of 20 or so neglected puppies brought in to a shelter by cruelty agents, and look where he is now. He was a great example of why adoption is so rewarding for everyone involved. I really hope I don't come off as a snob right now but I'm just very proud - I take no credit - Riley did all of the work. We're going back later today and tomorrow. I'll be sure to post pictures, I already have like 100 haha. Oh and I was part of a presentation on the Irish Setter breed and Riley was the example, he got to stand in front of everyone in this big tent while the audience learned about his breed.
Thanks so much for reading this if anyone did, it just feels good to share how well he did. Riley is the first dog that's actually mine and it means *so* much to me that I'm seem to be doing an okay job. Of course, I just have been blessed with an incredible dog.