Progress report and a brag

Gaia is still leash reactive.  But with the work we've been doing she's getting better, reacting a little less aggressively and at a closer distance.
 
My situation is such that I live in a heavily dog populated and people populated area.  When I take walks I can see anywhere between 4 and 20 dogs, depending upon which of the varied routes I take.  We've worked with desensitization, and with me being the "leader" and body blocking the "offending " dog when necessary, which has been often.
 
This morning on our "potty" trip we encountered 3 dogs.  The first two she barked at, but no lunging towards nor lunging away.  The barks were not that vigorous either, they were more of the "I'm here and you don't want to come too close" variety.  Her usual barking in these situations was of the "I'm here and if you take another step towards me I'll kill everyone within sight just to scare you and then I'll come after you" variety.  The third dog we encountered was walking through the parking lot-on a leash- but they kind of popped out from nowhere.  She did the "I will kill you" bark, but ended it after only a minute or so. And when I told her to "come on, let's go inside" she just followed me like it was no big deal.
 
I am so proud of her.  It's little steps like these, and you people with non-leash reactive dogs will think I'm crazy, but these little steps make me realize that I'm doing the right things.  So tonight we're celebrating with some ground beef mixed in with the kibble.