Mollie loves her friends but she's been nice and attentive even when she's in the middle of play with them. But, of course, she's now use to being around them. If it were a brand new dog or group of dogs, it might be a little challenging. New things are always going to add an element of excitement to the air. Practicing with familiar dogs is going to help though. It helps her to learn how to do what you are asking in an environment where she can handle it so she has success but also starts to learn to listen even when there is a lot going on.
We got caught off guard yesterday when someone new came into the play area unexpectedly. Oops, she jumped a couple of times. Normally I would have had her on leash and helped her through that greeting but we didn't have a chance. I quickly got next to her and reminded her to sit and she did fine after that. So, today we practiced doing greetings when I was really excited. It's not going to offer the same level of excitement as someone new coming into the environment but it will help her to practice with success.
She was ready to go for our training walks today and knew she needed to sit for me to leash her up and let her out the gate. Nice start to our training session!
Sometimes she does really well on our walks and other times she's pretty distracted. Today was a distracted day.
But spending a few minutes getting her attention usually gets ready to go. Even so, I know I'm probably going to work harder than normal on this walk. That's ok, it's all part of the learning process.
All her friends were excited to see her when she returned from her training walk. It's nice to have such a big fan base.
They all love her...we're just trying to get them to not love her ears quite so much.
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