Cathy T
Well-known member
Well, we returned to the "scene of the crime" from last week....Fiesta Island. Shelby was very different. She was very hesitant and really stuck by my side (she's always run off ahead of me). Any time a bigger dog came down the beach she just froze. But we had a good outing. We stuck to the beach and just stayed about 45 minutes. Enough time for her to greet some dogs and get wet in the water.
Broke my heart to see her hesitation. I've loved Fiesta because she would run full out and it was so fun to watch. We'll go again next week and hopefully she'll get back to herself and start having fun again. I didn't coddle or protect her. Every time she approached a bigger dog I'd praise for her being a good girl.
I think I was more nervous than she was and maybe she picked up on that. My stomach was just in knots....but we both needed to go back and get through it.
Broke my heart to see her hesitation. I've loved Fiesta because she would run full out and it was so fun to watch. We'll go again next week and hopefully she'll get back to herself and start having fun again. I didn't coddle or protect her. Every time she approached a bigger dog I'd praise for her being a good girl.
I think I was more nervous than she was and maybe she picked up on that. My stomach was just in knots....but we both needed to go back and get through it.