Vester and Scooby Doo
That's Boo wearing a red bandana.
Scooby Doo and Lucky start playing.
Ninja wants to play, too.
But she should initiate play with another dog.
One reason why it's good to show these videos to your dog is...
...because the dogs treat the camera as a special person.
...and your dog may feel a positive interaction with them.
Yawning is a de-stress mechanism.
"Hi, living room dog!"
They're keeping this playgroup low key.
A new handler is in training.
These two are brother and sister.
George playing with Zeus
King Candy looking on
The dogs behind the fence are in s separate area...
...because they don't like the chaos...
...or to avoid potential conflict between certain dogs.
Annie
George isn't behaving badly. He just plays like this.
Max really likes playing with George.
Max is very skilled (as you see in other videos).
If the dogs consent to the play, it's usually okay.
Max seems relaxed here and having fun.
Suddenly Max is stiff and upright.
Shake off to de-stress.
Max not responding to Fox Tail.
Zeus is also enjoying playing with George.
The "rowdy" dogs are in playgroup at a different time...
The sniffers, nervous dogs, etc. have their own time.
Some dogs like both and can overlap both times.
George bonks his head on the wall.
...and just like that he's back in the play.
I really like this long cut walking ahead of them.
Sorry about the bad framing on lots of these shots.
The camera stabilization causes lag and falls behind.
I try to predict it.
Handler: "...and then they're gonna grab..."
I'm glad to see Sky coming back to playgroup again.
She's been at the shelter for 5 months.
It's difficult to keep long-stay dogs mentally healthy.
Playgroups are fantastic for the dogs.
Dogs that are friendly and happy in these videos...
...can have much worse behavior in the kennels.
I volunteer to bring dogs to and from playgroup.
Roxie just froze in place like this.
This next sequence shows Poki warming up to playgroup.
A little nervous here.
Getting interested.
Often dogs will have fun after a few days of playgroup.
Kirk has lost weight and become more athletic.
And he seems happier.
His kennel mate Spock was adopted...
...which could have made Kirk sad.
Uso takes a break.
Spiderman
Sadie?
Shadow
The dark brown dog is Mamas.
Thanks for watching!