Oskar out on the town, well kind of...

Oskar is still working on his skills of being out in public. For the most part he does really well. Unless there are big dogs around and then he is afraid. Oskar's fear of larger dogs results in him trying to look as big as he can while barking and acting very tough. When we first arrived there was a large Golden Retriever who was getting in a truck a few cars down and Oskar went right into growlie-barkie mode. I picked him up and he settled down right away. He got a few treats and we just stood and watched the big dog as he got into the vehicle and then we went on our way. We passed a couple of smaller dogs and although he was interested and wanted to pull to meet them he was not reactive. He had fun walking around the town center and smelling all the large potted plants for who was there before. Next we went into Paddywack a high quality pet food store. Oskar was feeling pretty good this afternoon until a couple of Basset Hounds had the gall to be in there. :) We managed to redirect him into the rest of the store and he then was like a "dog in a pet food store" It was close to closing time so we had the store to our selves and a good time was had by all.

Oskar was exploring so fast I couldn't even get a picture.

Hmmmm what could this be?

Whoa what in the heck is that?

This lady is nice....oh yeah, she is the one who gave me a treat earlier. Don't be afraid Skip, she is very nice.

Some dog left his calling card...Oskar of course would never think of doing that :)

Mom! Why does this dog smell funny?

So many toys, so little time....

Hi mom....this is fun....

Toys and treats! Wow this place is great!

What are you looking at for so long?

Mom look what we can do!

OK big dogs, I'm ready for you...

Big dogs?

Hmmmm no one but me on this street.

Oh well I'll just stand here and let you just admire me...