Have you ever tried a second meet and greet since the client's dog and your dog didn't get along perfectly and they wanted to try again?
This happened to me 3 times, twice with the same owner. The first dog was a young lab about 1-2 year with incredibly high energy (even more than my husky puppy). We met at a park for a meet and greet and the dog listened fairly well. I told the owner he can walk/run a bit to get some of the energy out of his dog while I get my dog. As my dog and I were walking over, we had to scan the park for them because it was starting to get dark. (The owner was late or wanted to meet late). The dog was held in a sit position and the owner was kneeling down next to him. Right off the bat, my dog was alarmed and barking at them. I never seen her bark like that before. Not a good sign. His dog starts pulling towards us and the owner lets him. I am trying to walk pass them and wait for the dogs to calm down first but the owner comes walking right on over. This did not go well. He insists we try again and I said no and bring my dog home. I went back to the park to talk to him and he insists that we try again. He blames the leash tension and the darkness, which I understand can be possible so I agreed to a second meet and greet at a quiet dog park another day. When they arrive at the park, my dog was weary when his dog approached her but they soon ended up getting along just fine so we go on a walk together which was fine as well. The owner wanted to book right away but I was still not sure of his dog and mine together so he asked to meet one last time at another place on leash. The initial meeting was calm and relaxed and I thought yay maybe this can work out but once they were close for too long, things got tense and another fight almost broke out so I had to tell him his dog might do better with another sitter. This was my first potential client on Rover ever so I was eager for it to work out. I regret being too much of a pushover and not trusting my gut, as now my dog has been traumatized and acts out when meeting bigger dogs. She barks at dogs approaching on leash now when she didn't used to. I really hope I didn't cause my dog to become aggressive because of this. I hope to have learned my lesson but just recently another client has asked for a "try again." His dog is an older lab mix who is very friendly and has good social skills. We met at the dog park and when they came in and all the dogs bombarded them to meet the newbie, his dog was very calm and let everyone sniff his ...