She'd been taken out for a 20min walk at 11pm in the lovely cool night air through our village which is all but asleep and silent at that time of night and this undoubtedly helped.
She didn't want any breakfast at 8:30 but I realised why when she barfed up a sock (haven't got a clue where she got it from). She's not the first Mastino I've ever had to like eating socks! She had no accidents whatsoever in the night and went straight out into the yard to toilet.
Belle has met our Great Dane female, Bailey, through the dividing gate in the house and has been very excited with absolutely no signs of aggression whatsoever which was a huge step forward for us. She caught a quick glimpse of our small dog and was much keener however, so this indicates work to be done. Only meetings through the gate for today, tomorrow we may try taking them outside into neutral territory. I've a feeling Belle is going to a very jumpy, rough player...
Not so good was her barking at people through the gate, but this was initiated by the extremely territorially aggressive dogs next door so we will have to ensure that if they are out, she is kept in so that she doesn't learn from their inappropriate behaviour.
Still very early days but everything going well so far. Keeping her calm and settled has been the overriding objective and will continue to be over the next few days.
