Didn't want to start a new post about this but wanted to query you all on something I've noticed the last few days.
My question: is saying no to playing with a dog all of a sudden something to worry about or just a sign of maturity?
I only ask because of the following:
On Sunday I met up with my school friends in the new forest for a dog walk. The dogs were as followed: an older lab and older terrier, a mid age cocker (not playful), a 2 year old lab, leo, and a 13 week old sprocker. To say I was nervous was an understatement, my experience of Leo and lots of dogs is overexcirment and not knowing when no means no. However we turned up and Leo and the 2 year old lab had a great time, rough playing, running around, jumping over eachother etc. After about 10 mins of this Leo chose to run up to me a number of times and sit on my lap.. Didn't think anything of it.. then the 13 week sprocker turned up. Leo had a sniff, sprocker pup tapped him on the nose and Leo refused to go near him any more. We went for a walk in the forest and the poor little sprocker followed Leo everywhere but Leo was completely avoidant of him, No agression, just wouldn't tolerate being near him.
Today he had a wonderful play with a 10 month huskey. They were having a great time. However Leo then fixated his eyes on the frisbee I was holding, chased after it but the Huskey had other ideas and kept bundling into him, again, Leo reacted really well and just seemed to tolerate the Huskey but he did seem a bit frustrated that he was messing up valuable frisbee time!
Part of me is proud of him, he's playing and then getting on with his walk rather than being the unrelenting annoyance he used to be to other dogs. However another part of me worried that this was the beginning of him becoming unsocialble?
Any thoughts? I'm not that worried.. just curious as a first time owner