Too long!

It has been too long since I have written!  Venom AKA Munckie, as I call him, is doing well.  His training is coming along nicely.  He is currently going through a beginning obedience/manners class with me teaching the class and Rick training him and to another kindergarten class taught by a friend of mine that I take him too.  We did hit a bit of a snag where he has become a little bit reactive, which is a bit upsetting.  I believe it was triggered by an incident at the vet's office where a woman's large (90+ pound) lab mix got away from her and ran over to a Peke rescue that I was walking on the leash while Rick was walking Venom.  She cheerfully yelled out "he won't do anything", however, he ran over to the Peke standing over him growling.  I quickly picked him up and told her he was scaring my dog, but he had already targeted Venom and was running over there.  The next few minutes were upsetting, with the dog trying to get to Venom and Rick trying to keep the dog away, yelling at the woman, etc.  After that incident, he became reactive on leash to people and dogs.  This is why I always like to remind people how important it is to do everything you can to avoid your puppy having a scary experience.  I have done so much to make Venom socialized, comfortable with people and dogs and confident and outgoing and after one scary incident he is now afraid.  It is upsetting to say the least as this woman still feels she did nothing wrong because her dog "wasn't going to do anything".  So, we have been walking Venom and working on desensitizing him.  He is doing better, but I still opted to not take him to the field trial last weekend which was to be his first one as I just felt he wasn't ready.  Since he is improving however, I plan to take him next weekend.  I will report how he does!