Train your dog to be perfectly obedient at all times

and other delusions of grandeur you may harbor

Photo by John Tuesday on Unsplash

I love dogs. I consider myself a bit of an expert on dogs. Even so, I’m an epic failure with obedience training. Hard to believe, I know, but I have the dogs to prove it.

When visitors arrive, I have to shut Arlo and Shelby in another room so that my guests can get in the door unmolested. If my visitors are wearing shorts and sandals, we have a much bigger challenge. Naked flesh is so tempting to these two enthusiastic meeter-greeters.

If you have a little dog, say under 10 lbs., you have a decided advantage over the rest of us. I mean, seriously…who is going to complain about your 8 lb. Maltese gently pawing at their ankle?

This is a photo of Tipper, my border collie cross, who earned her black belt in obedience training avoidance.