[nagdu] Obedience

[Debby Phillips]

Hi Tracy, yes, he should be waiting for your command.  So I make 
Neena redo stuff if she anticipates my commands.  I do this 
because she has a tendency to anticipate what I want to do when 
we're walking, so I have to make her go all the way to curbs even 
if I know that we're going to turn left or right.  I don't want 
her to just go around the corner.  So I have to do this in 
obedience too.

One of the things you could do is have her wear her bell during 
obedience.  This will give you feedback about where she is, and 
if she's lunging for that food.  You could also try doing 
obedience outside, especially if you don't have nosy neighbors 
who will come by the say, "Oh! What are you doing there?" Lol.  
Isn't it funny that if you're just going about your business and 
everything's fine, people bug you.  But if you're lost and need 
to ask someone a question either there's no one around or people 
just walk by.  Lol.

Oh, another thing you could do with obedience is to have a friend 
or your husband provide distraction-get a squeaky toy, rattle a 
potato chip bag or something.  Good luck!    Peace,    Debby and 
Neena