And other Gigi observations

Gigi has learned the play bow, and how it is used with other dogs as an invitation for fun. That is good. This is the universal signal for it's okay, we are going to play now.

She is very respectful of dogs on beds and couches. She never encroaches (or hasn't) and even if you specifically invite her up, she is reluctant to disturb whoever is up there already. I don't know that this will last forever, but it is another example of how she doesn't seem to want to guard resources. And she doesn't seem to want to bully others off, she just dislikes being stepped on if she's on a small space herself. On the large dog beds here, it's seems like she is very happy to share even when she is on first.

She's a bit stubborn when training, but when you are persistant, and especially when you dole out the good girls for good performance, she does eat that up. That does not mean she is just going to follow on day two though LOL. She needs a lot of repetition before she is willing to follow. This is not because she is dumb in any way. Au contraire, she thinks of ways to get out of it. Like on our down reps today, she figured out to brace her right front leg (my hand wraps around her left one) to try to get out of being shaped into the down. The day before, at the end of the reps she was doing a lot of the work herself. She's like that. Then she thinks for a day on it, and other solutions that she has thought of come out . It actually makes her sort of fun to work with for me.