We went this morning and had the play date at the school. We brought the dogs in through the office instead of the regular door. Beemer was fine. His tail was happy and he played with Sadie and Marley (my stepson's lab). Everything went perfect. The next step is to bring Sadie to class next Tuesday and see if he can be more comfortable in a class setting if she's along. I think we've decided that the issue is a combination of the room and dogs he doesn't know/trust. He's fine in that room as long as there are no strange dogs and he's fine around other dogs as long as it isn't in that room. It will be interesting to see what happens next week. If he's still scared we're going to have another play date at the school and after a time when he's already comfortable bring in another dog. My teacher has a small well behaved dog that we're going to use if it comes to it. I'm encouraged! This morning they said that we need to replace the bad memories of that room with happy ones. We may need more happy memories first but I believe it can happen. |