Yogi vs. Venus

Yogi vs. Venus "I think I am too close?!"

Yogi is a dog overreacting to certain stimuli what in his case it is the sight of other dogs. His reaction to these stimuli is usually a bark and lunge type of behavior that scares the pants off both the person or dog being barked at and the person holding the leash. Reactivity may be part of the dogs genetic make up or could be from a lack of social experience or a particularly scary experience.
Since January I am trying to desensitize Yogi to other dogs. We have lots of friends with small and big dogs willing to help with this complicated process. Dogs like Yogi that are reactive can benefit from lots of training and socialization and some simple management tools as well.
One of Yogi's helper is Venus with her great owner, super peacefull Karen.

Oh Venus you are so beautiful, sight...

Hi Karen, may I have your permission to look at Venus one more time...

HikeABull Meet the Pack at Half Moon Bay Beach

Yogi "Let me introduce HikeABull Pack"

Today we visited Half Moon Bay Beach. HikeABull has 335 members, meet some of the bullies

Luna

Abbey

Jake

Petey

Kelly

Raisin

Lilo

Mars

Bella

Nina

White HMB Lilly

Yogi, Voodoo and Bella HikeABull Sunnyvale Baylands "Bird's Heaven"

Yogi and HikeABull Buddies

Today we met Voodoo with Lisa and Bella with David at Sunnyvale Baylands.

310 Carl Road , Sunnyvale, CA (map) From 101 exit on Mathilda. Go North on Mathilda towards the bay. Mathilda curves right and becomes Carribean. Make a left on Borregas (at the light). Left on Carl. We met at the parking lot, early morning so we could warm up to start a Sunday.

Place is very flat along the graveled levees of the Sunnyvale Baylands.  We walked about 3 miles and took us an hour.  The most important rules about HikeABull group is to remember no face to face greetings, keep space between the pups at the start, stop and water breaks, and need to pick up after our dogs :)

Bella - Ducks were everywhere...

Voodoo "How can I help you?"

Voodoo and his baby face

Bella - very elegant in her new blue collar

Dusty and sleepy after...