training - go to bed

this command is really a mixed bag for me and wally.  he’s really, really good at going to bed when I give him the command… it probably helps that he loves his bed so much!  so he’s good at going to bed, and he’s good at staying there even when I try to distract him with food and toys.  however, getting him to stay in his bed when someone knocks on the door… whew!

he just gets so amped up whenever there’s a knock on the door!  and I can’t trick him with training by knocking on the door myself while he’s in the bed… he figured out pretty quickly that I was knocking.  so I’ve worked with him on it as much as I can, and he’s getting better… but of course, he is my little work in progress!

I can gladly report, though, that throughout the training I haven’t gotten any growls out of him, even when I have to push him into a down kinda hard.  I feel pretty confident that he’s starting to really trust joe and me, which is a great feeling!