More School

Molly is almost done with her second obedience class. She was doing really well at the beginning, but now is too concerned about the other dogs to pay attention to me. Even if I dangle a treat in front of her nose and try to lure her to look at me, she ignores it.

She can "sit" pretty much on command, will lie down and stand with some hand cues and is learning "stay". She will stay seated in front of me, with treats of course, for quite a while. I have even been able to step back away from her for a second or two without her getting up to follow me.

I need to spend more time with her, lots of time, she learns quick and I need to take advantage of that.

A point of frustration is the whole being on the furniture thing. We chase her off over and over and over and over again. There are days that she is back on the couch by the time I have turned around and taken a few steps. Jason and I made an executive decision last night, she will be allowed on the chair, and only the chair. I think it is just a comfort thing. We have laminate floors or tile throughout the main level (she is not permitted upstairs), so she doesn't have a soft place to lie on, except for a towel I put down for her and inside her kennel. If I were her, I would get on the couch for my naps as well.