Comment on training..

So.. I've been constantly feeling like Lexx and I have not been progressing in training and that we've accomplished little in his 19 months of time here with me.

Last night, my best friend was over for dinner and i was showing her Lexx's new "back up" trick which he does when i flick my hand at him. He's still learning so its sketchy, but she thought that it was cute.

As we were returning to the kitchen with lexx trotting along side, she said the following:

" So, i've been watching you train lexx for over a year now, and it got me thinking about it, so when i was home at christmas I thought i'd do some stuff with Josie ( her family's lab mix rescue girl). I asked her to sit, and she did. then i told her to down, and she did. Then i asked her to sit again, and she stared at me like i had three heads. Your dog backs up, spins, rolls over, heels, moves laterally... and josie can't even sit-down-sit. It took me 4 days to get her to do it..but then again, the only time anyone ever even asks her to sit is when someone comes to the front door..."

Just got me thinking, maybe we're not doing SO bad and Lexx got an extra cookie, just for being himself.