Goober Brain Strikes Again!

The past two weeks, Loki has been doing great in her lessons. She can now "chill" (where the dogs put their head b/t their paws when laying down) with the best of them. Her "heeling" is wonderful. She can do the "Yoyo" (sit, down, sit, down, etc) command very well. However, when we got to Level 5 (lesson #3 on this level- she's done it 3 times), all of that went up in smoke. Loki decided it was too much, and it was time to play. She broke command over and over. Her long distance recalls (put dog in sit or down, walk to middle of room and call them to come) were awful. If she had been called a few dogs sooner she would have done fine. So next Sat. I am going to ask the trainer to call her 2nd or 3rd or even first. She just wants to play and give everybody (especially the other dogs) kisses. She is a very smart dog, just has a short attention span. What made me mad was the fact that there was a lab only about 12 weeks doing better than Loki! 12 weeks! That's when you are supposed to start! But this was one of the professional trainers dog. We are going to take Loki to the city park and work with her there- there are more distractions. Hopefully, next week she will do much better.....I hope!