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Piper Board and Train day 9

2/9/2013

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Piper, Piper, Piper what am I going to do with you? Usually about halfway through a Board and Train a dog will become argumentative. It usually means they are finally comfortable enough with their surroundings that they start thinking for themselves again. I have rarely had a dog do this twice. Leave it to sweet little Piper to grow too big for her britches...again! Today she was all about argument and back talk. She plain did not want to work today. She even tried to bolt away from me once and I had to correct her to get her to come back to me. This wasn't helpful especially because I was trying to take her going home video today. Eventually I just made her do "puppy pushups" (Sit, Down, Sit, Down...) and let her take a break. 
She is now curled up on her mat with one of Kylie's rope toys (quite a magpie this girl!) and is in a much better mood. Tomorrow we are back to work and hopefully she will be feeling a bit more cooperative. She isn't ornery because she is mean spirited. She is ornery because she is extremely smart (what I like to call "problem solving intelligent") and doesn't always see the point of obedience. 
I have found, in my experience, that smart dogs also tend to be moodier. They are a bit more aware of their surroundings and so their surroundings affect them more. 
I am sure she will feel better tomorrow, and if she doesn't we may have a good play session instead of a third workout. WOOPS! She is trying to pull the tag off of her mat. Duty calls!
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