Base line at 6 months

 Morning outing to the car to go to Pup’s Day Out - peanut butter on spatula was a pretty epic failure. Kimi followed it once, looked at me until I put it on her level for her to walk to again, and then finally stopped and stared at it and wouldn’t move. Did eventually make it to the car, but the peanut butter was not a motivator. No idea why. 

After Pup’s Day Out, I was able to get her attention from sniffing something by waving my hand near her head and we walked to the car from there. Met a new family with a small child and a dog outside of our building and said hello - Nona is the dog. Kimi was very polite when the child pet her - very calm. 

Did Sit-Stay inside with Zuke’s training treats. Did Sit-Stay on balcony, and then when a dog walked by, got Kimi’s attention since she was already focused and gave heavy praise. Continued until dog was gone. She only barked once. <3

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