Maci Board and Train day 3

Maci is coming right along. Her on-leash obedience has all been introduced and we are working on getting her reliable enough with her come command to take her leash off. Her walks and exercise happen on a 30' leash right now to give her lots of mistake making potential but her obedience work outs still happen on a 6' leash. Her Come command and her Down command are still a little sloppy and in everything she does she can get really squirrelly and overwhelmed if she feels like she is making a mistake. Even if she isn't being strongly corrected if she becomes unsure of herself she forgets what the right answer is and needs some encouragement to find it.
This is important because it tells us that she is a very easy dog to over-correct since her feelings are easily hurt. But with some encouragement and building up of her confidence she is a fast learner and a pretty good worker. I hope to have her off-leash by the weekend even if her advanced obedience isn't great without a leash on I'd like to at leash be able to do off-leash walks and recall work (come command).
For now she is snoozing in her crate while the doodle who is also here sings us the song of her people. I've only heard Maci bark once or twice so far while she's been here but she is getting less and less shy so hopefully we can work on her being overly vocal soon. Overall Maci is doing great.