Like this:

Just like raising a child, sometimes you go 2 steps forward and 1 step back. She’s turning 2 this month, been through a ton of obedience classes, socialization experiences, and in and out of formal training and now she’s starting to get so excited every time she approaches someone we know that it’s hard to take her out in public. nudging, wagging, licking, pulling- anything to get attention. that’s fine if Belle wants her to get attention, but most of the time she would prefer an invisible companion.
So we’re going back a step or 2- back to the halti (gentle leader), back to the mall for some more desensitizing socialization (I’m supposed to take her everywhere I go again), and back to the treat bag. We’ll get her back on track walking quietly at belle’s side.

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