Under the Full Moon

Last night Chica and I started out on our usual pre-bed walk and just as we came out of our building, a man and his little white dog, Mya, came out of the far building. He started walking up the street and we were a bit behind him. I'd seen him before, so I knew he'd only walk her a few houses up and then turn around and go back. When he reached the point where he was going to turn around, he saw us and started to head into the street. I told him Chica was fine with other dogs and he let Mya come say hi. Since they were both on flexy leashes, I took Chica off her leash so they wouldn't get tangled. They spent a few minutes getting to know each other and then we were ready to continue on our way. Chica, however, would have rather headed back inside. Mya's owner couldn't believe that I let her off the leash to begin with and that she came back to me when I called her. He said he was really embarrassed because he couldn't trust his dog off her leash or to listen to him. He couldn't believe how well-behaved Lila was when he couldn't even get Mya to sit. It's all thanks to Cesar. Before him I would have been the one crossing the street and there's no way I would have let her off her leash without Alex being there. But because I visualized her getting along with Mya and coming back to me when I asked her to, I was confident when we approached them and when I was ready to continue our walk. We're right on track and it's a good thing because we found out the other day that Bailey's coming a month earlier than expected! She'll be here sometime the week of July 23rd!