We've been going to training classes locally since April. We did a 10 week stint with the puppy class and Melody behaved like a perfect
and did everything and more that she was asked to. It got to the stage where I was quite embarrassed because the instructor/trainer would always use us as an example of 'how it should be done' whenever she was introducing a new thing to the class. I had always trained Melly at home so she knew most of the stuff we were taught at classes before we did them. She passed the Puppy class with flying colours
Now we've just finished our Bronze classes although we have our exam this Sunday and I'm dreading it
Our trainer uses a village hall and she has white plastic sheeting taped to the floor for us to walk on for all our training. Everything is ok when Melody and I are walking on this sheeting but when we sit down inbetween tasks she goes a bit mad
She refuses to sit next to me and backs off from me so she can sit on the plastic sheeting. I refuse to move off my seat so she ends up almost strangling herself to get to the sheeting. I think she has sussed she gets tasty treats when she's normally on the sheeting cos once she sits on it she looks at me and whines
as if to say 'come on - gis a sosage'
Over the last couple of sessions I've been trying to ignore this behaviour and treating her when she sits next to me but its driving me nuts, she has always been so good. The noise she makes when she's doing this is incredible - almost to the extent that the trainer can't be heard at times
Apart from that she is refusing to do sit/stay and down/stay - although we've been practising lots this week I don't have high hopes about passing the Bronze stage this week
Any ideas what I can do with her re the plastic sheeting???
Sorry this is soooooo looooong
ETA: I realise she's probably going through a teenage rebellion what with her just turning 1 last week but even the trainer commented on her behaviour last weekend so I need to do something about it before she thinks she's in control