We have made great progress today. Feeding the puppies we have worked on enticing them with food, beginning to pet them and then removing the food. This has gotten way easier now that we have found the "sweet spot" for pets. They will most of the time wait for you to finish and give them the food after, as opposed to back away.
We were joined by a crew member from another ship for a few hours. Nova parked her out of the control room, down the stairs, and out into the shipyard. It took cookies to get the crew back into the control room so we headed out onto the upper deck where I brushed her and waited for Nova to settle down. Stardust barked a bit, but only really when Nova got going hard. I managed to quarantine Nova in the kitchen and Stardust came out to sniff the crew's butt.
After that ordeal, the new crew member and I went to the park to let the puppies settle and give us a break. It was also nice to throw the chuckit (since I haven't had a dog since Maalek that really loved it).
Once I dropped the visiting crew member back at her own ship, we worked on more pets and even coming to see people (two paws on my legs for food) with another Officer.
There was quite the showdown over the pink kong. Apparently it is waaaay better than the blue one. I wish I could have got it on video, my appologies everyone.
We are not yet dedicating ourselves to doing all business in the ship yard. I am working on getting Nova and Stardust to follow me down the stairs. Until then, we are just happy for the respite from cleaning the control room.
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