#didi date

Thistle gets a B+ on dog beach etiquette! She was pretty excited of course, so right out of the bat she wanted to say hello to everyone so was a bit too intense for a couple of more submissive dogs. I'm never sure what to do then and I don't think she is either so she keeps trying to get them to play which upsets more. One she disengaged herself after it yelped, the second I removed her using the handle on her harness because it had just rolled over and she was still looming and the third she came back after a few calls because the ?puppy? big dog had yelped and gone to its owner and she's hmmmm no ppl pls. But also wants to play. She also upset a boston. Not sure who growled, I am leaning to the boston because he made lunged - they kind of ran at each other head on, someone growled and they froze doing the stand-thing to each other, we broke it up and I clapped/oi'd when Thistle tried to follow after the dog again. no biggie with the other owners or anything. dogs being dogs but i’m overly paranoid about anything that can lead to scuffle aaahhh tldr she is needing to learn some boundaries/not all dogs want to say more than hello at the beach. She has like no interest in golden retrievers or labs at the park at all? which is a shame because they are most compatable! The ONE lab she tried to play with was a ball dog lol.

She likes the small fluffies (GENTLY thank god. She looked like a mountain with 3 or 4 white bichon poodle type things around her. It was hilarious to look at). Got on great with a young white bull arab girl. Who I got to pat, sooo soft and such a good dog. Also a very timid brindle staffie who she lured into chasies but then would not return to us as we kept moving away because new!!! friend!!! she just wants to all the chasies all the time...and also took like 2 hours to start slowing down. damn teenage stamina. She tried and failed to lure various ball chasing BCs into play. You think she'd realise ball dogs don't want to play. She wrenched her own leg trying to tackle Didi and sooked a bit. BC owners laughed. I laughed. But mostly was a very good if slightly enthusiastic ‘puppy ‘who wants to RUN FOREVER AND CHASE OTHER DOGS AND SOMETIMES BE CHASE. Will hopefully grow out of the intense need to play with all dogs XD as she is very intense about her approach and misses other dog's cues for personal space/can overwhelm also, did not bark at anyone and went quite close to various people. especially some lady with a small white fluffy who’s butt she politely sniffed. makes me lean to considering a small fluffy for future friends if it gets her to go for calm greetings Plot twist, I brought Cookie (my friend's old kelpie x) along! Cookie gets an A- because she doesn't really listen to me (never has) and potters along doing her own thing. Also she pooped TWICE. WAS THAT NECESSARY. Didi and dididog get an A+ and two cookies for being amazing! Hoping one day Thistle can be as settled as Didi and I as calm as Dididog, even though we do not have as frequent dog socialising access (NO WAY would i let thistle loose in the dog parks around here. too many dogs and not enough space...)