Why? Because not only did Misha stay for a whole 2 minutes for the 'stay' exercise, but she also did VERY well when the neighbor came inside for a visit.
My hypothesis was right, Buddy was encouraging all the barking yesterday. This time, my boyfriend took Rusty and Buddy for a walk while the neighbor came and knocked on the door for Misha's exercise.
The first knock, and Misha didn't even move. She looked at the door with a confused stare, looked at me, and then sat down. I texted Erica to 'knock louder.' She did and this time Misha did the motion of wanting to bark but never did. I immedietly told her to 'sit - stay' and she did!
Erica came in, greeted me, and sat down on the couch.
As soon as she sat down, Misha came to greet her. (I know that wasn't the exercise - the exercise was to have Misha wait until she was invited to greet the person. Why? because not everyone that comes over wants to pet your dog). However, for my purpose, I wanted to see if Misha would seek the attention of Erica. To my surprise, she did! Never did she bark at her - instead, she went up to her and allowed Erica to pet her all over. In fact, Misha even placed her head on Erica's arm when Erica stopped petting her.
So yes, today was a good day.
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