Amanda: patience is a virtue

Purdy has been straining the patience of her handler.  When I stop her, she checks to see if I am serious, or whether she can blow me off.   Oooooo.   The driving has been going all right but she is inclined to sulkiness, which it such a strain.  Fresh, she accepts driving better,  so I try to keep sessions short and therefore sweet. It mostly works but sometimes I go just a hair too far and then I have to revert to something she will accept.

I concede now that hers is not an overnight training project.I will stick with Bobby Dalziel's advice for now, but I may have to reconsider in a week.The alcoholic's mantra, "one day at a time." I will keep up her work until the footing gives up.then she can have a break and so can I.