12/07/17:
Went into Pet Food Express in Napa. Terra had not been in this particular store before, but she was relaxed as she explored. She wagged her tail at a few people.
12/08/17:
One of my friends had a painting on exhibit at an art gallery, and the opening was this evening. I was a bad trainer at first. I dragged Terra down some narrow, crowded hallways before I realized that I'd passed the painting in the very first room. Terra was overwhelmed and wanted to get out of the building. I gave her some minutes to decompress outside, then we went for a walk. It wasn't too busy outside so this was okay, though she didn't like passing people on the sidewalk. There were boxes on the sidewalk here and there, and usually after a pause, she would cautiously sniff them or go around them with a wide berth.
12/09/17:
I had written down that there was a knitting group at the Vacaville Library. It turns out that the group meets on Fridays and not Saturdays. I decided to sit down on a bench outside and just chill with Terra. I put down her mat and she immediately laid down on it... for 30 seconds, and then she was bored. Some show finished up in the building next door and people streamed out for the next hour. Terra did well. A few times people stared at her too intently and she would back away, but for the most part she ignored them in favor of fidgeting and pestering me for attention (which I indulged).
She napped in the car while I did grocery shopping. On the way home we stopped by downtown Winters and went for a very short walk. I wanted to make sure that she had a chance to see the Christmas decorations. She didn't pay them any mind and was relaxed on the walk.
12/10/17:
I took both dogs to Alston Park in Napa. This was my first time there. We stayed in the on leash area. Of course we saw multiple dogs off leash but they were all polite and passed us by without bothering us. Terra was nervous about them. She's usually more relaxed around dogs, but the combination of direct approach, narrow trail, and sudden appearance was too much for her.
Overall she IS improving in her comfort level with passing people on sidewalks or in other narrow spaces, but it's slow improvement.
Usually around strange dogs she is curious and wants to approach. (I am working on teaching her to ignore them instead.)
She is much more comfortable getting out of the car in a brand new place and immediately heading out to explore.
She is moderately improved in passing or approaching "strange" objects.
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