Sandy did so good last night training in my backyard! We practiced her being a calm and gentle girl even though it is super exciting for her when new people come to pet her! She also practiced wearing her diaper for when she is in heat so that it is a less stressful experience for her 😁🦮

@Reagan Hunink did such a fantastic job with Step 1 for object retrieval that we’re ready to move on to the next step- actual objects instead of the finger! So now I’m working on holding onto a variety of objects including pens, post-its, and an eraser You’ll notice in the one of the videos we had to pause for a second because Sandy had a little punky puppy brain moment 😂 so we did a quick “free dog” reset, and after that reset she was back to rock-star status! 🐾🐕‍🦺

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.

Sandy did some good training tonight! She is getting great at backup and I am able to go into the heel position and put my hand kind of to the side with the lure instead of right in front of her and she still understands. She is also in the very beginning stages of learning over. I was proud of how she did with the loud chair coming towards her while doing a stand stay. I have not been using her e collar on breaking stand stays right now because I figured it was new enough. @Amanda Taulborg Should I be??? She is very good at understanding that she is allowed in my lap when I say snuggle and is very consistent on going right where she is supposed to!! Sorry I cut it off in the video. Thanks!!

Hope you and your pups all have a wonderful Christmas! Sandy went Christmas caroling last night with my grandparents and I. She also did some really good comes this morning! What are your dogs doing this Christmas?