Sunday afternoon we were at my parents with Rocky. He's always fairly good there, and he can actually be off leash and run like crazy and tire himself out because my parents have a ton of land. After a bit of "chase the ball", we left to go to my friend's parent's house to buy their car.
When we got there, I contemplated taking Rocky outside with us on his leash, but was nervous, knowing they had a dog too. In the end, I decided to just hold onto him while we interacted with my friend, her parents and their dog. It was a great idea! Rocky didn't bark once, and I put him down to sniff their dog and they got along great, and even played in the house!
The only time he was bad in the house was when he lifted his leg to pee on their window curtian ... but I caught him in time!
Then we went outside, and I was nervous again because they live in town and have neighbors, but none were out. But you never know when one walks by, Rocky could see someone before me and be off. I kept a sharp lookout, and he was fine, him and my friend's dog played and ran around and whenever I saw another person I just distracted him until they walked by out of view.
Lastly, a neighbor let their dog outside across the street and it started barking, and that was the only time I couldn't distract him, and he took off after the dog. Luckily, there was a fence between the two, otherwise I don't really know what would have happened, but once he got to the fence, all he did was bark and run up and down the fence with the other dog on the other side doing the same thing. Their tails were wagging like crazy, but Rocky's hackles were straight up, so I have no idea if he was being good and just playing or if he was being mean. What do you think?
All in all, a good experience with my cranky pup!
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