Just got to thinking about what I wrote before and I think it applies to dogs like my Zach (bouvier) as well as SophieRose. They are actually rather sensitive in a good sense and learn very fast. You want to avoid scaring them or making them uneasy about things... and they need some time to think about things and to figure out that the "safe" and "best" way is the one you're promoting (as in coming to you). I especially noticed this with SR and the crate. She likes her crate but I sort of "startled" her once when I was in a hurry picking her up to put her in it and that was enough to make her "not so happy about the crate". So have gone back to being a bit more aware of how SR is seeing the world and helping her learn to go into a crate as a nice (if inevitable) place to go..... her favorite treats are these dehydrated rabbit ears I buy ... hair and all... the dogs love them. She is doing well on a line but gets sort of startled when she realizes that something is "grabbing" her. If I just stand there or walk toward her and ask her to come to me and give her a second or so to think, she's fine. This made me really aware of how bright and sensitive (in a good sense, not in an overreactive or fearful sense) she is. She likes to "understand" how the world works so that she can feel secure is all. Zach is like that too. Most dogs are but SR (and Zach) seem to be particularly aware of their surroundings and to want to please people.
Kathy
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