My neighbors were without water yesterday due to electrical problem in the pump and both had to go to work today, so last night they called & asked if they could use our shower. Of course I was happy to oblige, but Asha in all her 4 years has never seen a car arriving with visitors after dinner hour. She presented with her usual greeting of barking but I didn't think to get a video until the last few seconds and got the "kicking back" right when I was turning it off. LOL. Anyway, she knows these people and even though it took a few minutes for her to settle, once she did, she went into goofy mode - something she never does unless they are over her for a few hours like for drinks and dinner. But she went totally goofy, smiling, play bows, barking for play, I mean totally 110% good silly happy dog. Only you guys who've watched my struggles to get her to be a halfway normal dog will know how much this means to me. I don't mind that she doesn't want to interact with strangers and I don't mind that it takes a while before she accepts visitors, and I don't mind at all that even though she knows these people well, that she won't stop barking at them when they come to the door. But last night set a record for off switch into acceptance into happy play.
Here's a 10 second snippet (sloppy, dark video, but it's about the barking) of when they got to the porch.
Here's a 10 second snippet (sloppy, dark video, but it's about the barking) of when they got to the porch.
And they so love a reason to do their job. Good girl Asha for switching off so quickly and I agree they do keep improving as long as you keep asking them to improve!
