[rorsvierwelia]

Long story short

Sai was a mangie mutt when I got her, literally. She was about 4mos old, covered in feces and urine, was very under weight, had mange, and was so scared of people she would crawl to people then turn over on her back and pee on her self.

It took a lot of work dealing with her and getting her trained, however, due to her past abuse there was only so much I could do.

When ever we go on walks and she feels anyone has entered her personal space, she puts on a "show" to keep people and dogs away from her. But anyone who knows dogs would know that she's actually scared. She barks from the side, ears back, tail tucked, slowly backing between my legs and shacking. If anyone does come closer, she either tries to run away or sits in between my legs and pees.

I've been working with her and slowly building her confidence as well as introducing her to new experiences.

Well todays walk was different from any other! We were walking around the complex as usual for our evening walk when I saw someone and their dog walking up ahead of us.

Sai's usual reaction is to run between my legs, wait for some reassurance, then continue on the walk (she doesnt act up the way she used to really), but this time wasnt the same. As soon as Sai saw the other dog, her stance tensed up (the same stance as when she see's a rabbit lol). Then she actually went to run towards the other dog, but of course I had a good hand on the leash and already had my heals dug in and ready (this happened so freakin fast) so when she reached the end of the lead she then lunged and started to bark at the other dog! Head up straight forward looking at the other dog, tail straight up, ears perked.... I mean she was ready to go!!!

I've never seen Sai like this before! I then got Sai's attention back on me and we continued our walk. But as we kept walking, I couldnt help but to have a smile on my face and it almost brought a tear to my eye.

I remember when she was scared to go outside and would go out just to pee and then pull and cry back to the house because she was so scared.

I mean of course now I have to teach her how to properly act like that outside like with my older dog, but I'm just glad that she's built up the confidence that she would even try that you know.

She kind of reminded me of Tweek when she was younger. Now I know DA or HA isnt a trait to be proud of, and by no means am I encouraging her to be DA or HA... I'm proud of the fact that the fear wasnt there. She's gone through a lot to go out side and actually enjoy being outside and on car rides and running and playing. So to see her get this far... WELL DAMN IT!!! IT FELT GOOD!!!

And once we continued on our walk she looked at me like "I did good mom!" and I just rubbed her head and said "You're such a silly dog"