Alpha, reactive dog

If reducing the comfort distance is a criterion we aim to achieve in reactivity training, it's far from being the only one.
Alpha, reactive to other dogs and humans, keeps improving ❤️
Today he encountered many dogs, got barked at, stared at by a dog, chose to follow some dogs, and handled it all with great body language and a lot of serenity 😍
But if I had to take away one thing from this session, it would be the moment when a little elderly lady stopped near us, looking at him lovingly, and kept repeating what a beautiful and good dog he was 🥰
Him, who was considered by humans as a bad, mean, aggressive, and dangerous dog, much to his family's distress, is now seen as the best dog. And that, is a thousand times more fantastic as a success criterion than a decrease in crossing distance 😊