A clueless little dog

Today, because of lack of time, I had to walk Holly and Kasey together this afternoon. The snow was falling in big, huge flakes, so this always makes them excited. Kasey had to stick his head/ body into every bush he could reach while we were out. Because of the snow, no one was out even though it was 1:30 in the afternoon on a Sunday. I was thankful. Toward the end of our walk, a car pulled into a driveway. I would say we were about the width of two streets (four lanes) away. Kasey and Holly both watched the little Toto-looking dog jump out of the car. It had no idea we were watching it. Naturally because I live in the neighborhood of the stupid people, it was not on a leash. I stopped. All three of us watched. Kasey was not whining or barking. I turned around and encouraged both to follow me as we backed away from the dog. Holly came quite willingly because she sense a treat coming. Kasey came but kept looking over at the dog. Still no whining and no barking. He was interested. I seriously could live with this if response for awhile if this is how it was EVERY time we saw a dog, but it isn't. I think what helped in this case was the distance and the fact that the dog had no clue that we were so near.

When we got to the corner that I have come to call our Charybdis and Scylla. The beagle was out. This is the dog that we can handle the best. There is a huge privacy fence, but naturally it is accompanied by the beagle bark. At the very back of the fence, the dog can fit its nose under the fence. Both Holly and Kasey react. Holly just speeds up and puts her nose to the ground. Kasey starts to speed up and keeps looking over at the fence. He feels like he is going to lose it, but he doesn't. I am just glad there is no barking or flailing.