Today's Cloud

Of course the reason for that was mostly because he was saving his reaction for the kid's dad, who was jogging behind. A sort of calm before the storm. Clearly the jogging man was much more of a threat - and needed to be treated accordingly... Monster did do something interesting though! He lunged once toward the man as he drew parallel to us (we were on a side road, where we'd run to when I noticed the pair coming up behind us), but as soon as his front paws hit the ground again he immediately did a turn away! So he showed both the old pattern of reacting with aggression but also the new pattern of BAT avoidance. I just wish he'd skip the first step completely - after all, if the trigger responds (if it's perhaps another reactive dog, or a human who wants to tell us off) no doubt he'll get stuck in aggression mode completely.

Well, if they respond they're clearly dangerous - so my reaction was warranted!