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Well I took my granddaughter to the eye infirmary today in Newcastle city centre.
LeStat came with us and as Skye goes in on her own I decided to try and take him for a walk in the busy city centre.
He did really well. He walked on his lead and when people wanted to speak to him he didn't cower so badly as he normally does, in fact by the time we'd walked a little way he seemed quite pleased to be noticed, he usually tries to run away from people or simply cowers at my feet!
He didn't exactly 'crave' the attention but he was very good and willing to be petted when we walking through the city park.
He even sat outside the street cafe at the university with me while all the students coo-ed over him!
I only had to carry him a couple of times when he seemed to get a little tired!
My only worry is that when we are out he won't eat anything or drink anything, not even at my daughters house, is he likely to have problems with this? He was 'shakey' a few times but I put that down to the heat, it was upto 29c today, I was wetting him with bottled water to cool him down as he won't drink water at all when we're out.
If I'd thought about it I'd have taken my camera and got pics but I didn't take it with me as I didn't know we would be going to the park!
I did have 2-3 people ask how old my 'puppy' was and when I said he is going to be 2 years old in a weeks time they looked at me as if I was stupid!
Also everyone thinks he's a 'real' chihauhau....I do tell them his mother was a JRT but again they look at me as if I'm daft!
LeStat came with us and as Skye goes in on her own I decided to try and take him for a walk in the busy city centre.
He did really well. He walked on his lead and when people wanted to speak to him he didn't cower so badly as he normally does, in fact by the time we'd walked a little way he seemed quite pleased to be noticed, he usually tries to run away from people or simply cowers at my feet!
He didn't exactly 'crave' the attention but he was very good and willing to be petted when we walking through the city park.
He even sat outside the street cafe at the university with me while all the students coo-ed over him!
I only had to carry him a couple of times when he seemed to get a little tired!
My only worry is that when we are out he won't eat anything or drink anything, not even at my daughters house, is he likely to have problems with this? He was 'shakey' a few times but I put that down to the heat, it was upto 29c today, I was wetting him with bottled water to cool him down as he won't drink water at all when we're out.
If I'd thought about it I'd have taken my camera and got pics but I didn't take it with me as I didn't know we would be going to the park!
I did have 2-3 people ask how old my 'puppy' was and when I said he is going to be 2 years old in a weeks time they looked at me as if I was stupid!
Also everyone thinks he's a 'real' chihauhau....I do tell them his mother was a JRT but again they look at me as if I'm daft!
