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Mom and I decided to go to Petsmart. Her GSD Wolfgang needed a new lead, and I wanted to get Reich a Kong and goodies for inside.
After she had done so well at the vet's office earlier in the day (many other dogs around, some very reactive, but she held her sit/stay and basically observed) I decided we'd try taking her in with us. (She had a 4-5 hour break between outings, relaxing and playing with Wolf).
She LOVED the aisle full of chewies and toys...even picked out which flavor of Kong Stuffins treats she wanted lol.
Then she was met with a situation.
Exiting one aisle, there was a pit bull, who immediately started lunging, barking and snarling at her. Really giving the poor lady handling it a hard time.
Reich looked at it, started to posture... I quickly gave a 'leave it, let's go' and started walking down the next aisle.
No strain on lead in the other direction. She totally ignored the other dog and came right along with me.
I was SOOOOO happy. She is making such progress. Great timing too, as we start obedience classes next wednesday and I'd rather not spend the whole time trying to stop her from tweaking over her classmates.
The only things we've really worked on lately are her focusing on me and obeying commands, and made her play sessions with Wolfgang more frequent. I've also started monitoring my own reaction to her seeing another dog more closely.
I'm really hoping the positive experiences with him are helping her get over her fear of other dogs and gain confidence.
Opinions? Anything else the wiser here would recommend?
After she had done so well at the vet's office earlier in the day (many other dogs around, some very reactive, but she held her sit/stay and basically observed) I decided we'd try taking her in with us. (She had a 4-5 hour break between outings, relaxing and playing with Wolf).
She LOVED the aisle full of chewies and toys...even picked out which flavor of Kong Stuffins treats she wanted lol.
Then she was met with a situation.
Exiting one aisle, there was a pit bull, who immediately started lunging, barking and snarling at her. Really giving the poor lady handling it a hard time.
Reich looked at it, started to posture... I quickly gave a 'leave it, let's go' and started walking down the next aisle.
No strain on lead in the other direction. She totally ignored the other dog and came right along with me.
I was SOOOOO happy. She is making such progress. Great timing too, as we start obedience classes next wednesday and I'd rather not spend the whole time trying to stop her from tweaking over her classmates.
The only things we've really worked on lately are her focusing on me and obeying commands, and made her play sessions with Wolfgang more frequent. I've also started monitoring my own reaction to her seeing another dog more closely.
I'm really hoping the positive experiences with him are helping her get over her fear of other dogs and gain confidence.
Opinions? Anything else the wiser here would recommend?