06/20/2026
👏👏This was such an amazing lesson. Off in the distance you'll see Mabel in the red harness. She is incredibly dog reactive. When we planned to meet in downtown Fishers this past Tuesday we had forgotten about their summer concert series every Tuesday evening. We got several really good repetitions where Mabel didnt react even though she clearly wanted to. We need way more good repetitions to get Mabel where she is going but this was a big step in the right direction. And a big kudos to my helper puppies who did wonderfully under pressure. Pictured here is Nova, the 3 month old English lab. I will add Marco, the 3 month old goldendoodle in the comments.
By the way, if I want a dog that can handle the activity and stimulation level of an event like this I start smaller - attending the event set up (like pictured here) several times before going to the actual event. Ease them into it.