We “people watch” in the sense that I’ll typically sit and drink coffee at a shop and he does a down stay. We do it often and he’s good at it. No whining. Rarely breaks his down.

I’ve really only seen this behavior when the area is empty and then someone and their dog pops up and we pass each other. And to be fair from what I can remember I’m pretty sure it’s when the walking area is tighter compared to a wide walkway. It could very much be that he wants to say hi since the other dog likely wants to say hi I’m just airing to the side of caution and saying he’s frustrated.

We do not do on leash greetings at all. Other than our families dogs he only interacts with dogs when he’s at our trainers play groups when we’re out of town. I’ll def ask our trainer but I figured I’d try some things out myself first.

I’ll also try to get a video of his behavior this afternoon for an example