Halloween

To continue dealing with Addison's social anxiety I decided to take her to a friends house that would have a lot of trick or treater traffic. There were going to be about 10 of us there at his house, another friends dog, and kids trick or treating of course.

She did pretty well and sometimes would wag her tail. Other times she had her tail between her legs. Kids wanted to pet her but she would back away when people would move toward her. Other times she would try to hide behind whoever was holding the leash.

It was a pretty good night for her. I instructed a few people to try to pet her chest rather than reach above her head because that is what usually makes her back away and she did get a few pets from that approach. She's not excited, tail wagging dog I'd like to see her become but the only way to get there is to keep exposing her to these situations. 110 random trick or treaters I think was quite a challenge for her. Good job girl.