Dottie is getting better and better with each day. She is matching speed, avoiding walking in front of her handler and instead passes behind (a member of her household has an elevated trip and fall risk so this is important), she quiets down inside nicely and she comes when called.
Tomorrow we are going to see if we can extend her time on Placemat to over an hour in one sitting. She has been polite in the house but today she made her first really rude mistake and ate a piece of food (bit of peanut butter sandwich my toddler discarded) off the coffee table. So we are going to test her around food distractions a little more just to help break any thieving habits she has. She has so far been good around food but it has mostly been out of her reach. This bit of sandwich was left at nose level and so I think the temptation was suddenly too great. Luckily she has never even tried to take food out of the kids' hands.
Dottie is almost done and she is showing it. She seems very comfortable with all aspects of her training at this point.
Tomorrow we are going to see if we can extend her time on Placemat to over an hour in one sitting. She has been polite in the house but today she made her first really rude mistake and ate a piece of food (bit of peanut butter sandwich my toddler discarded) off the coffee table. So we are going to test her around food distractions a little more just to help break any thieving habits she has. She has so far been good around food but it has mostly been out of her reach. This bit of sandwich was left at nose level and so I think the temptation was suddenly too great. Luckily she has never even tried to take food out of the kids' hands.
Dottie is almost done and she is showing it. She seems very comfortable with all aspects of her training at this point.
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