When a Training Experience Doesn't Go As Planned...

Sometimes, outings or training moments with your dog just don't go to plan --- maybe there's too much going on and your dog is overstimulated, or maybe you're trying to do more than your dog is capable of in that particular moment, or your dog is just in a mood (hey, we all have bad days!).  This happened to Sheba and I just yesterday morning...

Sheba had been doing so well on all of our recent trips to downtown Savannah so I figured she was ready to graduate to a higher level of stimulation.  My plan was to walk her for only a few blocks along busy Bay Street (and Factor's Walk for a picture on the iconic Love Lock Bridge) to one of my favorite cafes, Cafe M, that I used to frequent with my previous dog, Scout.  I hadn't been there in a while and this would be Sheba's first time there (although she has eaten out with us countless times at other locations).   I really had my heart set on their Bombay Chai latte and a macaron ;) 

​So I parked where I normally park us when we venture near that area of town and Sheba did just fine at first.  But as we moved along, I could see her starting to get worse...

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