One Smart Cookie

Here are some observations in an email that Lauren shared with us about Luther. Maybe now you can understand why Lauren is the perfect trainer for Luther...she sees EVERYTHING! And Luther knows it! Luther can't get by with any mischief.

Luther is doing well. We are going to work on steadiness drills now. I wish that Tryg could be here once during the daylight to video!! You know how you said that Luther might be too smart for his own good? I thought about that, and I know he is extremely smart, but I thought, maybe because you are his mom that you think he is THAT smart. Well, Bonnie, you were totally right, he is THAT smart. Some of the things he does just blow me away. Like for example, he has done this numerous amounts of times, but tonight it was SO clear what he was doing..... I gave him a press rawhide bone and he is gnawing on it behind me in the hallway, I can't see him, I can hear him. So I call him, and he doesn't know that I am looking at him, so he takes his bone, places it in the bedroom right by the door, so I can't see it, and then casually comes in and greets me. Why did he do this? Because he knows that everytime I call him when he is chewing the bone, I usually take it away from him so that he doesn't eat the entire thing in one sitting! I can't believe that a dog has that much thought put into a dang bone!! I can't cure his sneakiness but he has stopped taking things off the table, he hasn't done that in a long time. I just think that until he is old enough you and Jim are going to have to keep him in check or in a crate because he is a smart boy! He can get into a lot of trouble. He has really matured around the older dogs here though, he isn't doing any of that puppy stuff with the toilet paper etc. He is either sleeping, eating or chewing the rawhide when he is in the house. Have fun down in Florida!! Lauren