Alerts by Suzie

Below is a video of Suzie alerting to a live low immediately after I let her inside the house. (She had just come in from the playing in the pond, so she's a little wet and muddy!)

 I had planned to put her in a down stay next to me, but she used "intelligent disobedience" - and did not go into the down stay, despite multiple requests. Instead, she pulled the bringsel and pawed me. This is exactly what I would want her to do in a situation! It's important to have a good relationship with the DAD  because sometimes they disobey because they are trying to communicate; and if you are too quick to correct them, they will stop thinking on their own or using intelligent disobedience. Anyways, I was very proud of how Suzie did ignored my "down stay" command in order to alert. 

Suzie getting some baby food after her first car alert

Yesterday Suzie did her first unprompted live alert in the car! I didn't have  a bringsel hanging off the headrest like I usually do; I was in the passenger seat and she was in the back, she rested her head on my shoulder and left it there for a while and seemed a little unsettled. I decided to check just if by some chance I was low and she was trying to tell me - I was 79! I quickly hung a bringsel on the headrest and she pulled it. We then had a very very big and exciting party in the car! This alert still needs work to get it reliable and everything smoothed out, but I was very excited since it was her first one. 

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