Delilah was hanging out on my shoulders last night while I was finishing "Show Dog" by Josh Dean. At one point she was actually draped around my shoulders like a scarf! It's really cute but it can also get annoying when you just want some space. She is the epitome of a "velcro dog" or a "lap dog."
Training class tonight. Hoping the trainer's back so we can move on to new stuff. We've been practicing "down" all week and she's finally starting to get both the word and the hand signal- I don't have to lure her anymore!
Also put a word to her mat down- "place." She goes to her mat, lays down, and stays there until I release her. We're still working on the release but she's starting to get it- I can toss a treat and she'll stay until I tell her it's "okay" to get it. I'm not sure if the place command is what the trainer had in mind when she said mat work, but it's a good one for Delilah to know anyways, and a pretty impressive string of some simple behaviors. I'm proud of her at least.
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