282 - seriously, if your struggling with something don’t give up, keep going and be consistent, it takes time!
Today we were focusing on walks around people, I think Mabel is finally growing up, we have worked hard on self control lately and it’s working. Today in the field we walked with a guy who owns Blue the spaniel, just by chance. Mabel did go say hi to the man but then ignored him and came away when called. There was a young lad sat on the floor in field , blue took his ball over but Mabel managed to ignore him, I engaged her in hunting on the way past! Then Jim arrived with his terrier Jack, they were a good way away but Jack ran over to see Mabel who went to say hi…. Meeting a dog in Mabel’s brain always equals a person is around and she LOVES Jim, she said hi to Jack then started heading for Jim, but I called and she came back and stayed with me. Later we popped lead on to go chat to Jim and she got to say hello to him, but I’ve taught her to go say hi then come away for a treat and she just kept coming back to me instead! All that hard work has paid off! If your struggling with an over social dog do keep going all that hard work pays off in the end! So many people expect quick results and then give up!!!! Don’t! It takes time and consistency and hard work!!!!