Ruff morning after a ruff night. Katy was trembling from either fever or pain from the infection in her foot. Ellie just had to hang out and rest or sleep in her crate. We did have a nice cuddle session last night before I went to bed. We played with a toy on the couch and I rubbed her belly and scratched her head and ears. We’ve never really been all that cuddly before, so I think this is a good thing.

11:00am - Let her outside while I soaked Katy’s foot. Came inside and we tested some more of the levels. Once I can figure out where she is, I can incorporate this training into our everyday sessions. Surprisingly (or not) her eye contact is not that great when it comes to measuring duration. We can get about 5 seconds, then she looks away and then back for about two minutes. Have I trained in these little breaks? Time for me to start working on eye contact duration - with very, very small incremental increases in duration (so that I don’t kick off an unintentional shaping session).

note - despite infection, pain, fever and a foot she can’t walk on, Katy still has all the energy in the world to bark at the other dogs and the mailman!