Marleen stopped by with Mason at 2:30. We were excited to see them. Faccia, Steve and I were out front waiting for them. We all sat on the lawn for a while and then went for a walk. Mason was shy and submissive, but liked our walk to the park. When we got back to the house sat in the front again for a little while. Faccia gave Mason a little growl (she is a little dominant, but not an "Alpha"). After a little bit, we all went in the backyard and sat together in the sun talking.
Marleen left after about half an hour and Faccia, Steve, Mason and I stayed outside. I groomed Mason with a "defurring" brush and he really seemed to enjoyed. He licked my hand. He still was a little shy around Steve and kept an eye on Faccia.
We went inside and introduced Mason to his crate, which he seemed very comfortable in. We all sat in the den together with Faccia and Mason on leashes. Mason jumped on the loveseat, but we gently told him "Off" and brought him down with us - he seemed to go on there to "get away" from us. Since Mason hadn't eaten, we fed him in his crate, just like Marleen did. He didn't eat and laid down and seemed to take a nap.
After a little while we took him out to try to pee, but he didn't. We can back inside and spent some time with him. Faccia was separated by a wooden, sliding baby-gate and was curious about him, but didn't bark or anything. After a while, Faccia went upstairs and took a nap.
We put Mason in the crate and gave him HoneyNut Cheerios as a treat. He ate the treats, but did not eat his food.
About 30 minutes later, we all went for a walk down to the park. Mason did very well on the leash, but was hesitant to walk in front of me and wanted to stay close to Faccia. He finally peed.
We all came back to the house and went inside. Mason was out of the create lying on the floor and we sat with Faccia on the leash. She's very curious about him. Mason is really good with me, but still shy around Steve.
After a hour or so, we went for another walk, all together. We saw a neighor with her two little girls (infant in a stroller and 18 months walking). They love Faccia and we really excited to see Mason. Mason did very well with the them, even seemed to enjoy all the attention. After a few minutes, we did our walk and this time went all the way around the block.
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