I\u2019m not really taking this training thing as seriously as I\u2019m expected to. It\u2019s a bit like squeezing jelly. If you put pressure on one bit it just comes out somewhere else. Yes of course, when in my training class, I will walk to heal and obey my Mistress\u2019s every command, but then I\u2019ll make up for it by having a good bark in the back garden, or by pulling on the lead when she doesn\u2019t expect it, because I can smell a rabbit. Oh I\u2019ve learnt to get the treats out of the treat toy and I\u2019ll come in from the garden when the biscuit box is rattled, but I don\u2019t see those as obedience things, I just see them as plain common sense. I want food. Food is available. I know how to get it. It doesn\u2019t take Pavlov to work that one out. Now she\u2019s gone and introduced this whistle thing. Well that\u2019s great. Of course I can hear it, but then I could hear her voice before I was just choosing to ignore it. Then of course there\u2019s the question of how I am supposed to differentiate between a whistle I need to respond to and one by Andy or James that I\u2019d really be better ignoring. Now don\u2019t get me wrong, it isn\u2019t that I want to ignore their commands any more than anyone else\u2019s, it\u2019s just that all it generally signals with Andy is that he\u2019s happily playing and entertaining himself. I\u2019d hate to confuse that with a command to do something or an invitation to have another biscuit.<\/p>\n
Oh dear, I really need to stop writing about food. I\u2019ve made myself feel hungry. I wonder whether if I go and tap my paw on the treat toy, anyone will feel sorry for me and put some treats in it for me to find.<\/p>\n
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