Getting some freedom in the house

We've been experimenting with giving Journey off-lead, supervised time in the house. He is curious and interested in checking out everything in a room, and is surprisingly good about not mouthing or chewing on things. We have a toy basket filled with stuffies for Journey and Finn and he seems to understand that these are the acceptable things to play with. When he occasionally does grab a "no-no", he responds very well and quickly to correction. He likes to play with stuffies, especially the ones that make noise. Finn has a bunny that is HIS, and Journey has been very good about respecting that. Journey's favorites seem to be the horse and duck. We've been introducing him to stuffed kongs in his crate and it only took him a couple of days to be able to nearly clean out his kong each time! I love this way of giving a treat and helping to alleviate boredom. I just finished stuffing some kongs with cream of celery soup, yogurt, and mashed up meatballs. They should be ready for Journey and Finn this afternoon : )

Here are a couple of videos of Journey playing with horse and just learning to relax on a bed in the family room. "Learning to relax on a bed", might seem pretty intuitive, but remember, just a few short weeks ago, all he knew was track life and living in a crate surrounded by lots and lots of other greyhounds. Everything is still so NEW.