Boy! Do I know the feeling! All except falling in the mud! Ha! Isn't it awful how the heart drops right out of y ou when that happens? Snoodles also knows the "come" command, and she usually follows it. I really practiced it the last time we wwent to the lake. I would let her go, and then yell "Come" and she would come back like a bullet! I was very pleased at that. They say, the one command one should teach and inforce is the "Stay" command. That way, if they get like across the street and a car is coming, you can tell them to stay and they will. I can't seem to get Snoodles to understand that command outside. She learned it in bed at night when I get up to go to the bathroom. She kept jumping off the bed (which is very high) I put my hand up and said stay, and now she does. But, outside is a different enviornment! Maybe someday! I hope!
Pat |