Shayne, Kobi and Rio walking together in close contact as their leashes became more tangled!
Today Shayne, Rio and I met up with a friend and four of her dogs for a nice walk together. Shayne, again, absolutely blew me away with her social skills (though I still use those terms loosely). My friend brought three really social dogs (Kobi, Potter, and Spencer) and then her foster dog (Marley) who is… a work in progress.
We stopped and chit-chatted in an open part of the trail and the dogs were really good! Marley (foster dog) got a little snarky but Shayne didn't react
To make it easier for my friend, I got to walk one of her Aussies, Kobi, with my two and Shayne was brilliant. Walking super closely to Kobi wasn’t even a challenge… their leashes got twisted/tangled, they bumped into each other, pushed each other out of the way… and there were no issues whatsoever. Shayne was super relaxed and sniffed Potter, Spencer, and Kobi (obviously) in a really appropriate manner. Even when foster dog Marley reacted to her and got snarky she just looked away. YAYY!!
Potter snuck up on Shayne for a butt sniff.... shayne spun around, saw it was potter and just ignored him... no issue at all!
Potter and Shayne nose-to-nose, this could have easily set Shayne off previously but now she accepts his flirtations
Shayne looking SUPER relaxed right next to a barking Kobi ... so good!