March 1st - We went to the park again last night.  Sid met two other young male Goldens.  He was still pretty obnoxious, but he is starting to slowly get the hang of it and is listening better when I tell him to relax.  I was very fortunate that these two dogs were not only quite tolerant, but would just put Sid in his place nicely but firmly so he would just back down. They didn't panic when he was being pushy.  So I think we're making progress here.

BTW, Sid would make a wonderful jogging partner!  You know when you start to run with some dogs, they just go wild and cut you off or bite their leash and just don't know what to do with themselves... well Sid becomes very focused when you run and so he will run alongside you in a straight line and doesn't dart ahead or off in other directions!!  I jogged home for a few blocks last night with both him and Kash and was quite impressed!!

Feb.25th - I just took the dogs out for a walk with my friend Evangeline (Koda's mom) and we stopped by the mini dog run in terra cotta.  Another dog joined us shortly after we got there, a female golden.  I kept Sid on the leash at first but the owner told me her dog was super tolerant so eventually I let Sid go (at some point, Kash was dragging him around the park with his leash!!!)  He was somewhat obnoxious with her but they ran a lot so he didn't have too many opportunities to be a bratt.  All in all, I think another good experience for him ;)  Just wanted to share that!  Tomorrow I'll be having some friends over (maybe 6 or 7 people) so we'll see how he does with that!  Probably, he won't know who to go see to get some love!!