Corso Meet & Greet with Puppies

We had the privilege of visiting Moose's breeder in Virginia one Saturday. With so many special canines to see, we started with this lovely lady right here - Moose's mom, Maleficent, who is aging gracefully at 12 1/2! 

After spending some time inside, Stephanie & John were very eager to see Moose who had been hanging out in my air conditioned vehicle. He was all too happy to stretch his legs and get some loving! 

Alas - Moose had to go back in the 4Runner while Nightingale and another puppy came out to meet us! I forget his name unfortunately, but that was Dim's grandson (who we have pictures of later!). Nightingale is Moose's granddaughter all the way from California!! She is only 4 months old.  

It was so funny watching the puppies play together and fight over this stick - who would claim victory??

Oh! It was Nightingale of course! (She does have a little age over the other puppy - he's only 3 months old!)

Giving me a little side eye after Brent picked her up. 

We suggested Moose and Nightingale meet and truly, it could not have gone better! Nightingale was placed in a different fence enclosure so they could still smell each other. 

Moose was very interested, but not mean at all!

After several back and forth passes down the fence, Moose had a huge smile on his face so we decided to give putting them together a try. 

They did great! He was not entirely avoiding her, but not minding when she would come close to his face - according to our breeder - PERFECT behavior for a first time! This is all really good preparation for any future brother we would get. :) 

Since they did so well, we came back out to the front and gave them more space - also more space in the shade!

Stephanie reminded us there are definitely things to learn when having two dogs again - make sure you give them both love so no one gets jealous! 

Moose even came over to give Nightingale a little nose kiss!

Both pups needed a break from all the excitement - and we needed to visit with a few more legends! 

Brent had met Garthim before, but this was the first for the rest of us. Garthim is the only dog bigger than Moose in all of Stephanie's pack. Garthim is two years younger than Moose and is actually his Half-Brother (Same Dad) and Half-Nephew (Mom's side)!

He looks (and sounds - we heard him when Moose & Nightingale were in that first fenced area together) ferocious - but he was such a sweetheart! He would not let go of his stuffed bear and held it in his mouth the entire time! He loved all the petting and leaned up on us for more just like Moose!

His coat was actually a lot different than Moose's - Brent says this is more "typical" of Corsos. He was much more "hairy" than Moose's short fine hair. 

Such a show dog (which he is!) - Stephanie got him to have his ears up on command! 

Garthim had to return to his crate as we wanted to meet another famous boy - Dim - short for DimSum! Dim is a formentino - the rarest of the breeds' color. Dim is a little less than two years older than Moose - he'll be 10 in January. You almost can't tell because this boy has ENERGY! 

Do not stop petting him otherwise he will jump all around - even on the couch! Too funny!

So thankful to have visited with Stephanie & John and see all their Corsos! Moose was ready to be home and nap the rest of the evening - he was exhausted after his play time!