We took Saffy to EPCOT for the first time this afternoon. We decided since there were not a lot of people waiting that we would ride the tram in. She was verrryy reluctant to get on at first. I tried treats and she put on the breaks. So I went to a heel and saw that the tram cast member was VERY kindly holding a door open which made it easier for me to walk with her in a heel and tap, tap, tap the button. When we made it to the car, I told her up and she went right on! She got super praise and treats!! She did remarkably well for her 1st ride. I tried to keep her in a down so I had to stop videoing to correct with the remote. I was holding the handle on her vest, because I wasn’t sure what she would do. After we went through security, we had some free dog time with her toy. Before I got my phone out she was ‘running’ around with it🥹. We realized we forgot to make a potty stop before security so that was next. We found our favorite chill out space and just sat and watched the wildlife and people. She did really good staying on her place ‘mat’. She was way calmer than we thought she would be for her fist trip! After a while, we walked over to the designated SD relief area and took care of that and had some free dog time! We even went into the main store! She did so well!! We did find out that she wants to chase/ play with field mice!🐭 But she responded to a leave it and heel once we figured out what was going on.😂. She did ignore the squirrels, bunnies, big fat bubble bee and birds! So SUPER duper proud of her and us too! Dad was having a really bad anxiety day and Saffy helped! Dad was on a scooter because he injured his ankle. With the ankle injury and the heightened anxiety, I handled Saffy but had her right next to him as much as possible.

Tried our hand at the eye contact game tonight! He was SO good at it because this dude is LOCKED IN on his girl (me, lol) at all times. In the first video I struggled to hold his bowl and the camera so just ignore the clumsiness and me talking to myself 😂. I didn’t think to set the bowl down and just take a few pieces of food out 🤪🤦🏼‍♀️. He did great which is why I’m still sharing that one. Second time he got up from his place so I redirected him back and he did that immediately!

The other day at work, I spent 2 hours using our Cameo Silhouette (similar to a Cricuit) to cut bees for our spring decor! Atlas hungout in an “under” while I worked and the machine was loud above him. This wasn’t his first time (we’ve used this machine for the better part of our 3 years at our job) but it was the first time I decided to video it! He’s always so quiet and calm around it. I have never seen him care about it!

We took Saffy to a local park for a walk and worked on heeling in a very stimulating environment. We came across someone playing with a very big remote control car and James just had to go see it!😂 When we got close James put Saffy in a sit stay to watch as it come closer. We got an added distraction of a small girl on a foot scooter go by with the owner of the car. Saffy only quietly whined once and immediately corrected after a quiet. She did so good! The experience was much longer than the little video I got. She was very excited after so James had her a down stay with a leash distance walk away and I was able to get some cute leave pictures!😊 She was able to decompress in a calm way.

Wanted to do a training session this morning Bella had other plans 😂 learn to take no sometimes and try another Time with better conditions! What a silly me thinking that after a long break on training sessions she would accept to work rather than having her morning nap 😂 I might have something else to work on ! 👀