 Update
I wanted to post an update. Lace is doing better. One of the things I started doing was designating a spot where she has to "sit,stay" when people are leaving. It's on a little throw rug, away from the door, and she can still watch people leave. I just taught her to sit within the last couple of weeks and she's now a pro at it, sitting anywhere she is asked to and for anyone who asks her to do it. As for "stay", I have no clue where she learned it, but she understands it...I have no complaints. "Sit/stay" must keep her occupied, since its been working pretty well in keeping Lace from going into attack-mode. She also gets praise after the person has left as long as she has stayed quietly in her spot. If she forgets and gets snippy, she does get corrected with a stern "Hey" or "No", which seems to stop her in her tracks.
In the last couple of days I've been teaching her to "lay down". As with "sit" she seems to have picked up the concept pretty fast. She's "laying down" for me consistently at the moment, and I'm sure soon she'll be willing to do it for other people.
PJ |