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HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
Spike. ON-LEASH. Just stood still. Without barking! - while a GSD mix belonging to a neighbour lady on the way to the park came up to sniff noses and make nice with him.
He stood there, at first stiff as a board and hackled up like a dragon, but because he did not immediately launch into I KILL JOOO mode, I decided to stay still and see how he went on, especially as I know this dog and owner and KNEW she was friendly.
And I saw Spike slowly relax, just a little, and start very slowly wagging his tail.
Of course, that was when Squish's nerve broke and he threw a wobbler. But Spike never barked or growled or lifted a lip through the entire fucking encounter. Colour me knocked-over-with-a-feather amazed.
(The GSD mix was loose, accidentally. Her owner was right behind her, and if there hadn't been two Really Interesting Dogs that she wanted to greet, her owner would have had her back in hand inside 0.2 seconds instead of the ten or fifteen seconds it actually took. She's pretty good, that lady. I like her.)
WE ARE WINNING. All those months of rewarding for looking at strange dogs without the losing of the shit are paying off.
...Did I mention it was a GSD?? And that Spike never even barked ONCE? OMFG.
Spike. ON-LEASH. Just stood still. Without barking! - while a GSD mix belonging to a neighbour lady on the way to the park came up to sniff noses and make nice with him.
He stood there, at first stiff as a board and hackled up like a dragon, but because he did not immediately launch into I KILL JOOO mode, I decided to stay still and see how he went on, especially as I know this dog and owner and KNEW she was friendly.
And I saw Spike slowly relax, just a little, and start very slowly wagging his tail.
Of course, that was when Squish's nerve broke and he threw a wobbler. But Spike never barked or growled or lifted a lip through the entire fucking encounter. Colour me knocked-over-with-a-feather amazed.
(The GSD mix was loose, accidentally. Her owner was right behind her, and if there hadn't been two Really Interesting Dogs that she wanted to greet, her owner would have had her back in hand inside 0.2 seconds instead of the ten or fifteen seconds it actually took. She's pretty good, that lady. I like her.)
WE ARE WINNING. All those months of rewarding for looking at strange dogs without the losing of the shit are paying off.
...Did I mention it was a GSD?? And that Spike never even barked ONCE? OMFG.
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