We finally felt comfortable and confident enough to take Cinder shopping. A quick trip to Wal-Mart where she met a nice lady. Then over to the grocery store where we met two small children. She kept four paws on the ground during both encounters. Much better than the other day when she jumped on a child in a stroller. Thankfully she and her parent were dog friendly.
The adventure through the grocery store was probably too long and too soon. She was quite impatient. She was either tugging when I was stopped or stretched out on the cool floor when I wanted to move. She attacked every spot on the floor. I must have told her to LEAVE IT a hundred times. The grocery store has to be the ultimate training ground for LEAVE IT and HEEL. It will be a while before we make a return visit.
Good news today is that she handled the noise from the band better. Not fleeing in terror and her tail remained up. Our goal is to get her ready for the Canine Good Citizen test before we pass her to the next raiser in July. Not that she will take the test, just be ready to; we'll let Jan take her through after she gets Marley to pass.
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