My First Taste

of parenting, that is. Last night, a woman from Bark Busters came to our house to give us a lesson on "parenting" Ellie. Though I highly doubt she'd call it that. We were educated in all the ways of a dog pack and taught that Ellie is testing us to see if we are still deserving to be the leaders of the pack. When we fail (i.e. allow her to pull on her leash, or walk through the door first), Ellie begins to question our abilities as leaders. Sounds a bit like what teenagers do to their parents, no? :) So now we have homework this week. We're supposed to work with her on Sit-Stay and we go about our businees until we Free her. Wish us luck tonight!