Poor Justin had a bad experience in the park. A little boy around four saw him from waaaay across the park and started running towards him and the dogs. Justin shook his head, then said "no, no, my dogs aren't friendly, you can't pet them" Then he had to yell "stop! go back to your dad! stop!" and the kid still didn't stop. The dad finally noticed and came running over and stopped the kid when he was about ten feet away. Yikes! Dottie was barking and Gustav growling, but no real lunging. We talked about it and decided next time (hopefully never) Justin should probably just run away. Surely he can outrun a four-year-old. Justin felt bad since technically we aren't supposed to be in the park. He went back to apologize and clear things up after returning the dogs home, but they had left.
I reassured him, since nothing terrible happened and the kid is fine. And he did the right thing being assertive. Who knows, Gustav might have been fine, but who wants to find out?
On the bright side: tomorrow is our CAT session! I'll will post all about it tomorrow.
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