Ole goes visiting

I had a class to teach this morning, an intermediate obedience class and today was class 2 of 4. It meets once a week on Saturday mornings. I didn't want to bring all 3 dogs so Abner and Ole got to hang out together while Shelly and Elmo came along to be demo dogs. While we were at class Ole and Abner did some yard work together and then took a drive over to Abner's friend Robbie's house. Robbie and Abner are part of a group of retired guys who ride their motorcycles together and Robbie has been after Abner to bring Ole over for Robbie and his wife to see. They are big German Shepherd people so they were really interested in seeing our little Big puppy. Robbie has a 7 year old male Shepherd named Baron and he met Abner with Baron on leash about a block from their house and the 4 of them walked from there to Robbie's house. It was a far better way for Baron to meet the puppy that in his territory for the first time. That worked out pretty well although , according to Abner, Baron made it clear that he didn't want Ole coming inside the house. They all sat out in the yard and Robbie's 8 year old grandson came over , sat on the ground and got to know Ole. Ole apparently really liked him, full body wags kisses and couldn't get enough of the grandson. This is great as I want Ole to be good with children. Ole wasn't too interested in Baron. Abner said he, (Ole) wasn't phased by Baron's attitude toward him either. He just ran around in the yard and hung out with the grandson. Robbie's wife took all kinds of pictures of Ole. When they got back to our house Abner had not tied Ole's leash in the car and he had the passenger window rolled all the way down. OLe JUMPED out the window when Abner parked the car!!!!! That isn't going to happen again believe me! Dogs should not ride loose in cars, it is way too dangerous besides the jump out the window thing , if you get in an accident they can go through the windshield or get smashed by an airbag or cause you to have an accident by impeding your driving. Dogs also tend to be more excited when they ride loose in the car. They should either be tethered or seat-belted in or ride in a crate. The actual safest place for a dog to ride in the car is on the floor behind the drivers seat. Anyway, Ole wasn't hurt, score one for Ole , minus 10 for Abner.
After lunch, Abner dropped the 3 dogs and I off at my studio with a couple of paintings that I needed to put hanging wires on. I have 6 paintings entered in the fine art show at the Del Mar Fair this year and they have to be ready for delivery by Tuesday of next week.. Ole had a puppy frenzy attack right after we got there so I spent the first 10 minutes there redirecting him onto various toys and chew items, Then Elmo stepped in and started playing and within 10 more minutes everyone was taking a nap. Elmo is a good puppy nanny. After I got all the hanging wires on the paintings that needed them I painted one of the frames and made a list of what I need to do to finish up on the 6 works. I put everything away , leashed up the dogs and we walked back home. Ole was getting hungry on the walk as it was almost 5:00 so once again he started feeling his oats and got a little reactive toward some motorcycles. Not too bad but I have to stay on top of this. At home it was crate time while i fixed dinner. Everyone got groomed and then fed and then they each got to enjoy a raw bone. Ole had his in his crate, Shelly had hers in the front yard and Elmo got his in the side yard. By 9:00 they had all had their way with each others bones.