He has had such a busy two days. We went on a two hour roadtrip to Charlotte, and he met his first children! He played with an Akita puppy that was roughly the same age and size, too. The finale was meeting my grandmother, and he did a fantastic job. The kids were kind of hard on him, but I intervened. They would ask him to give paw 50 times in a minute, and when he hesitantly offered one they wouldn’t even stop to say, “good boy!” It was just right back to asking for tricks. I swooped in and shut it down, because one little girl in particular (my cousin’s daughter) couldn’t seem to follow my guidelines for interacting with him. She was too excited, and she was creating a bad situation. He barked at her twice, but she was panting at him like a dog and then she flopped down on all fours right in his face (that’s when I ended it). Through all that, he was totally calm except for the barks. I was sitting on the an inch away from him the whole time, in case I needed to cut it off. The Akita was touch and go. They really liked each other, but there was definitely an element of trying to establish some hierarchy. All in all, it was a GREAT trip. He showed exceptional patience and maturity. Better than I could have hoped for!!

There was another little boy and girl that was very polite and calm, and they just stroked him gently and he just wagged his tail and enjoyed it.

The Akita puppy wasn't ready. I felt a little bad. I should've taken a video, because my puppy was just laying on the ground chewing on a toy. He was completely ignoring the akita. The akita was barking in his face, hopping around him. Finally, it started chewing on the other end of the toy (it was a long bone thing), and my puppy was still ignoring it. Everybody thought it was so cute, but I was right there ready to go. The akita finally tried to pull the bone from his mouth and take it away, and he shot up andstarted barking and the akita backed up so fast he fell over. 

I was right there for all of these situations, to keep him safe and so that I could monitor everything.

He was the picture of politeness and calm the whole time really. He was perfect in the car, he was perfect in my cousin's house. My grandmother loved him, he just sat by me calmly or slept. Everyone said he was very handsome and charming.