This is a match made in heaven. Of course I didn’t think so the first week Pokemon Go was released.
I was taking my usual nighttime walk with one of my corgis and as we approached the park there were many, many humans walking around in groups all staring at their phones. This was unusual and out of the ordinary. Most of them seemed to be of the teenage variety. We brushed it off as some random anomaly.
Now we see groups of people on our morning walk, mid day and late at night. What the heck? What happened to my quiet park where if we were lucky a leash got dropped for some freedom from prying dogcatcher eyes and (gasp) other dogs. Yes, I have leash frustrated dogs. So enjoying the park at night has always been our solace from being ‘on’ watching for intruders (other dogs). The first week Pokemon existed I was very frustrated. How was I going to have any down time with my dogs?
Epiphany! At the start of the 2nd week when I actually got outside during the early evening with my reactive dog the light bulb burst above my head. I can use this to our advantage! There were so many humans in the park that the other dogs being walked were hardly noticeable by my reactive girl. We could work closer and get better success with her making good choices! She has no problem with people so getting attention and being involved with such activity around her made her happy and we managed to have some very enjoyable walks.
I had dreams of finding someplace with more people then dogs to help my canines 
socialize and now we have it at the neighborhood park. The skateboards, bikes, groups/crowds of people and children have been great socialization exposure for even my 10 year-old dogs. They lead a pretty quiet life so exposing them to this has been enlightening and very rewarding.
Our advice is if your dog has challenges walking in the presence of other dogs, find a local park and enjoy the extra people out there making a buffer zone from the dogs. If you need help with dog walking challenges give us a call.