So in the midst of chemotherapy, everything is a road back into reinforcement of a healthy training relationship with my dog. I will probably be back to more or less regular energy next week but infusion week means I need her brain engaged and no big expectations on me. I'm wobbly and tired. So in order to keep letting her have dog-led walks sniffing on a long line I jack my treat quality up enough to remind her We're Working and then every time she gets to a cross street way ahead of me I work wait, then focus or look and then heel across the street. Do I do this normally? Nah but in my ideal world we'd have a handoff back and forth over who is driving. I want it, I call it. I give it back to her when I'm done she gets to trot a bit further. The fact I'm using the Good Treats reminds her she can potentially earn something worth her trouble by giving me more attention. At home when there's nothing in my tank, I'm making her take a treat off her own flank or doing another stretch, trying to teach her to raise a specific paw (1-4) or give me a giant bow as a stretch. I have extreme limp noodle energy but if her brain is engaged she's good with it. We are patient with each other. Day in day out she's the best company #dogs #dogsOfMastodon #positiveReinforcement #dogConditioning