Frodo is seeming a lot more relaxed from the start of these meetings. There were three new dogs there today and he took it all in stride. He still seems very interested in going up to a Sheltie that is there, he tends to try and go up to him from behind, and I think he feels safer in that position. His body language around the dog is loose and positive, though he does tend to get a little more tense when actively trying to reach the Sheltie, though that may be because I am usually trying to slow him down and he is trying to speed up!

For a good portion of the walk today Frodo and I walked next to the Sheltie, who is pretty calm and very quiet (not what I am used to seeing in the breed! haha), and for some of it the dogs were on the inside and the owners on the outside (nothing between them) and they were probably only 2-3 feet away from each other. One of the new dogs, a husky, was right in front of Frodo during this time (myself and the other two owners were having a conversation) and he didn't show signs of being stressed, his body language was loose, he was fine taking treats, etc.

He would glance over at the Sheltie, or even turn his head for a quick moment and stare at the Sheltie, but then it was right back to looking at me for a treat!

I was very, very, very impressed with him through that!

Once the path opened up I moved up next to the husky (increasing the distance as well), and the husky stared at Frodo which made him growl a bit. The owner of the husky acknowledged that it was her dog's fault for staring and apologized, but I feel as though we are not always going to meet perfectly dog savvy dogs on walks, so I would rather learn what sets Frodo off in this kind of environment and work to correct it. I need to learn to watch the other dog as much as I watch what my dog is doing, and I think I should have asked for Frodo's attention when the other dog started staring, though it is such a short time!

I do think that I will continue trying to walk more with people who have non-reactive dogs than the people who are working with their reactive dogs. Though there is rarely a reaction in the group, I think that the non-reactive dogs may be calmer, even if it's not visible to us humans!

Overall it was another great morning for Frodo and I. We went swimming afterwards but Frodo wasn't nearly as amused as last week, the water was pretty chilly!

Now I still need to teach Frodo the rest of Crawl and attempt Back Up before tomorrow, the deadline for this weeks Positive Clicks challenge!