Success

I am happy to say that my dog loves to go on walks. She is still a little frightened of things, but when I pull out the leash and say let's go for a walk, she lets me put it on her. Then she drags me to the fence. I am trying to make sure that this is the only way she gets out of the fence.

The other day we had a near catastrophy on our walk. My dog loves my neighbors dog Parker, the other day we were on a walk and Kai decided she wanted to turn back to the house. I did not know that PArker was across the street with his owner, until Parker broke free and ran to Kai. We were in the middle of the street with cars coming, luckily there is a stop sign, but hopefully they would not have run us down. Kai laid down in the road and then proceeded to jump up and down on Parker. Parker is about two dogs higher then Kai, but they love to play. Parker's owner was not to thrilled as he is trying to teach obedience. We finally wrestled them to the corner. I am sure the cars that had piled up behind us were either scared to death or having a lovely laugh at these two dogs playing. I am sure as they watched Parker break free that they thought Kai was going to be a Scooby snack. Thank heaven for them being acclaimated to one another.

It is because of Parker that I think she lets me put the leash on her. She watches Parker through the fence and then she wants to follow but I tell her she must have the leash. So out we go and she would follow the path that Parker took. So now we walk and she is not afraid of the leash, but she likes people who smile at her versus people who do not when we are walking.

Another success is that I actually got her to walk by the river, not near our house. We had a nice stroll and she only got scared a couple of times. She did not like the sound of the water fountain so I could not get her to drink from the dog water fountain that the park has, but she did go to the river to drink. For a lab/boston mix, she does not like to get her paws wet with water. But she loves snow.

Who knows what lurks in the minds of dogs.