10/13/2025
The challenge was that Millie became restless in the office environment. She could do it in other environments. I tried to figure out why not in this space. So I decided that we would approach the situation differently. Rather than immediately directing and giving her an appeasement and limiting her ability to leave the assigned space I suggested allowing her to explore the office off leash and wait for her to seek out the blanket voluntarily. I was hoping to create enthusiasm for going to hang out. It took a little while but she did volunteer and from then on things got so much better that she did not even have to rely on her blanket. She was not even triggered by her human exiting the space! It was a really fruitful session. I say: If you want reliability you want the dog to enjoy, feel no compulsion whatsoever: just confidence and the feeling that they can control their environment. That was built on a great reward history. 🎉😇
