I did run into a group of ladies out riding. I actually followed their tracks for awhile, curious as to who was out there. I was glad to see that Harley didn't get silly when we rode up on them, and then when they went one way and we went the other he went very willingly. The herd instinct is the hardest part to overcome, IMO, when CTRing.
Becky
That's good. Bay does well coming up on groups that we only see in passing and leaving again... leaving a group he's buddied up with is a little harder, but I think it's also something he's used to. If I needed to turn and leave the group he'd go.
What he's bad about is following at a distance. On the last ride with the BCH group, toward the end Cyn was really lagging behind the others. ecurbh was letting her, as we were on rocky roads then and her feet might be tender on those, if not just tired. I wanted to stay back with her, and Bay wanted to get right up to the other group. I just chuckle at him really... I wished a couple times I had a hackamore on him or something he didn't want to pull on. I just kept circling him, and he just thought I was interfering for no good reason ;~D