so cute! it looks beautiful there. glad it went well for you too.

What a good boy!!!

Congratulations on you ourdoor venture! I'm not sure how Lucy would do. She makes a beeline for every stranger on our walks; just sure that they all want to pet her and say hello.

I'd love to try something like that!

A while back I hired a trainer for Cooper. I've trained Cooper with a prong collar for quite some time. I put that on him to walk to the restaurant from the parking lot and to be sure I could manage him while there. When we got there he was so well behaved that I just attached the leash to his regular collar. (The prong collar topic is probably another thread I need to start!)

They do all want to pet her don't they??:)

Great job, Cooper! I know your Mommy's really proud of you! Keep up the good behavior :)

Good job, Cooper! Aren't you proud of him? If you keep taking him, he will know the drill and get better each time.

The first time I took Daisy (about a year old) I thought she was doing great. I looked down and she had been investigating a flower pot next to us and there were flowers all over the ground! eeks! (A danger to look out for) Another time I took her to Red Robin. We asked permission and were escorted to an outdoor table. She sat in a chair the entire time looking like a little princess. For her, wearing a dress and a cute bow works somewhat like a PRONG COLLAR. As soon as I got home and took it off, she was her crazy self again!

Cooper still has time to get mellow. Age 2 is still a pup. He is just so adorable! I love his smile picture!:D

What a cute story! Maybe I'll put Cooper in a dress :rolleyes:
I'm so proud of him and excited to try this again with him.

That's not so bad... My 4 y.o. female is SO SPAZZY that we have never been able to get her to not jump up like a Jack Russell any time we return. We absolutely cannot control this behavior; she jumps up and nibbles at your fingers as her greeting.

She does do pretty well at restaurants though. I find waitresses to be like flight attendants... they can be very thoughtful and let you do what you need to do in order to control your pet, such as letting it sit on your lap, or they can be rules tyrants. The latter may just be doing what they are ordered to do from management, but all the same it puts us in a bad spot and we cannot return to a place like that. For instance, some outdoor places have stupid rules where the pets have to sit outside of some rail boundary. My guys don't understand that and will bark to such that there is no option but to have them sit them next to us on our chair, if the waitress understands this and looks the other way after parroting this (pretty universal) rule, that's great. But if they try to enforce this stupid rule, it just does not work. I understand that strollers would be a potential way around this, but there is no way I am getting one. I would feel self conscious. I suppose I could move to France...maybe not. :D

Forget France! I just got back from an extra long trip to Paris (volcanic ash:() and the dogs there are not even on leashes. It's actually unbelievable the way their dogs are trained.

I don't yet know anything about dog restaurant rules but I suppose I will find out soon enough. At the restaurant yesterday I asked if they minded that Cooper sit outside with me. They had no issue and even asked if they could get him water or anything else.

Congratulations! :) Cerise is very well behaved at restaurants and public places. She wants to be with me so bad that she puts on her "see, I'm just like you mommy" attitude LOL!

Outside doggy dining! how exciting...i would love to take Mabel out to eat but my family is resistant.:mad: All i get from dh and my mom(who it seems i have to take everywhere with me...No, i'm not 18...I'm 48!)I'm not eating with that dog hanging on me!BLAH BLAH BLAH. My kids would love it tho!(2 & 12) My family is a bunch of cranks!:mad::mad:

I have a 6 yr old maltese and a soon to be 2 yr old yorkie. Before I had 2 dogs we took lexie everywhere. Madison hasn't had that luxury cause its harder for one to take 2 dogs out and about.

The point is that in my opinion that the more we take them out and about and expose them to a variety of situations the more they adapt to this and learn to behave and have fun being out with us. Which is all they really want anyways is to be with us. :)