Mochi is good despite the huge wrench thrown into his life. I've started to write this blog 3 or 4 times, the puppy is quite demanding of my attention! And if not, then there's some fire that needs to be put out somewhere and then my husband was finally home for a week last week!
So the first week was a bit tense. Mochi really wanted the puppy to know not to mess with him so they were kept completely separate and we played lots of look at the puppy, get some good food. For the most part he didn't have super dilated pupils and was, for the most part, able to calmly deal with the puppy as long as they were separate.
Week 2 was much better, I graduated into having the puppy on a leash with Mochi in extremely controlled situations. My husband being home helped a lot, he could help me manage the two without much weirdness. When I'm solo I have to make Mochi wait inside while the puppy goes outside to pee then I let him out.
So last weekend I decided to start going outside on leash with Mochi out with us. It went a lot better than I expected. Mochi mostly wants to be near me but without the puppy in his face. Helo was interested but quickly learned to give him his space.
On Monday we graduated into the puppy on leash in nearly all situations with Mochi. It was going well so today I tried off leash. They're both doing very well! Helo has been taking himself outside to potty with no fuss from Mochi, they've passed each other quite a few times with no incident.
The only tense moment was at the front door when the dogs thought someone was coming in. When Mochi was a puppy, he got his head stuck in the baby gate that used to be stationed to the left of the door and so the area puts him on edge. He lip lifted at the puppy and started towards him just enough for the puppy to go "oops sorry!" and back up.
The most interesting thing to me in this has been Mochi's desire to cuddle. He had gotten pretty cuddly by week 3 of prozac but he definitely seeks out my company with the puppy around. Luckily the puppy just goes and sits with Arya and waits for Mochi to be done. I make sure to give him lots of love and a few nights ago I pulled him on the bed. He fell asleep in my arms almost instantly and two nights after that he slept in his crate.
I think a few more weeks and Mochi will start to trust the puppy not to hurt him and calm down even more. I amazed in just 2 1/2 weeks the progress we've made for a dog who is intensely afraid of other dogs.
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