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Mia showed fear - calmly!!
I know it dosent sound like much but its a big step for her
Walking in our usual offlead place - hardly ever see another dog
Then behind me I see a couple with a v leggy dobie and a lurcher type
Mia sees them behind, then comes running to me - which is strange in itself - I would usualy at least have to call her
They are offlead so I just leave mine
Then as they are getting a bit closer - and its about at the point in the path I turn back anyway I see Mia is lying down on the path waiting for them to come up so I decide to turn back anyway so I can just pass them and get it over and done with
Mia offlead with offlead dogs usualy waits a bit then charges and tries to get them to chase her, or has even started to do a bit of bum sniffing
The guys with the dogs step off the path - uhhooh thinks I, but if I start calling Mia it will put stress on the situation
They are only a tiny bit off the paty - I could reach out and touch them
The dobie comes over in our direction but the guy calls it back
Mia is up on her back legs so she can see over the grass
I keep walking past, expecting she will at least go for a wee sniff of the dogs
But nope, she runs over to me and hides the other side of me away from the dogs
No freaking out, no screaming, no zoomies
and such a big step seeing me as a safe place
Once they were out of site she did have a crazy game of smackdown zoomies with Ben as a stress relief - so I think i will take her tuggy out from now on if she needs something energetic to deflect her stress onto
But overall I am really happy, never had a dog that close that she didnt have to go up to and say hello