Rolling Dog Farm Blog

Here’s blind baby Nevada on the left, meeting wobbly Soba for the first time.  This is about as stable as we’ve ever seen Soba, although what the camera doesn’t capture is the slight bob-and-weave as she tries to stand still.  Nevada was initially very submissive with Soba and all the other dogs she greeted for the first time.  (Good puppy behavior!)

Soba was fascinated with Nevada’s face, and would run her nose across Nevada’s cheeks, first on one side and then along the other.  She very slowly and deliberately checked out Nevada’s face.  I wonder if it was because she just couldn’t figure out why this puppy didn’t have eyes.

After maintaining this sitting position while Soba gave her the once-over, Nevada lied down, rolled over, and stayed that way for what she thought was an appropriately respectful amount of time.  Then, quite done with being submissive, she leaped to her feet and bounded back over to Soba, racing around her legs just like she does with us.  She seemed to be saying, "Okay, enough of that deference stuff, let’s play!"

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