Proud Moment

I pretty much assume that when I go on walks with my less than perfect dogs, and Teagan lunges and barks and scares her fellow dogs passing by that people are thinking "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!" and judging my poor, sweet and leash aggressive Teagan.

To remedy these moments, Teagan and I walk or run in the early morning, when no one but me and the scary strangers in the bushes are out and about. I've avoided our busy, dog-infested greenway like the plague.

However, over the weekend, it was SO beautiful and I couldn't resist taking her on a nice 4 mile run on the trail, even though I knew it would be packed with screaming kids on bikes and possibly bad-mannered dogs, Teagan's least favorite things.

And Teagan was WONDERFUL. Almost perfect. I'm So proud of her. I wish I could speak dog so I could tell her how proud I am of her. Every time a dog passed by, I'd tell her to look, click and she got a treat. She barely even attempted second glances. AWESOME. Even better were the good vibes she got from all the passerbys. Teagan loved the admiration and attention she got from everyone. All the people passing by would "awww" and smile at her.

And the best part- when we were in one of our "look" moment, as Teagan sat and fixated on the treat in my hand, a couple walking past with their unruly labs (I know the feeling) said to their dogs, "See guys, that's how you should behave- that's a good, trained dog!"

OMG.

If they only knew...