"Up", "off" & looking out the window

Molly says she's so glad I'm small enough (just) for her to pick up & move when I'm being stubborn & won't move of my own accord. Sometimes this happens when we're out on walks but now I've discovered I like sleeping on Molly's bed it happens there too. Apparently it's fine if I sleep at the bottom or side of the bed but sometimes I fall asleep in the middle, leaving no room for Molly. When this happens she picks me up & moves me out the way. Humph!

I'm still very hit & miss with the commands "up" & "off" furniture but Molly got a pleasant surprise when she asked me to move "off" her bed one night & despite being sleepy I did jump off! She then sat up & moved forward slightly to swap her duvet for a sheet so I jumped back on the bed behind her & made myself comfy just below her pillow. Hehe!

Another night I really impressed Molly by listening to her well. When she nipped to the toilet I moved from the bottom of the bed to where she'd been lying. When she returned she wanted her space back so gestured & said "off" (twice because the first time I just moved to the edge of the bed but didn't actually get off) & I jumped off the bed. Then I sat on the floor & listened to her asking me to "wait" while she got comfy & then she said "up" so I rejoined her on the bed. She tried again the next night & after being asked to get "off" twice I only got as far as the edge of the bed so she picked me up & put me on the floor. I didn't want to leave the comfy bed! I've also sat on the floor waiting for Molly to invite me back up on to the bed but ignored her "up" commands. We did some more trainig with "up" & "off" in relation to Molly's bed & I was rewarded with liver cake! She said it still needs some work though.

We forgot to mention in the last post that Molly's younger brother did some training with me. That was fun & I was able to show him how clever I am (when food is on offer!).

Molly's parents watched one of our training sessions & found it very funny when each time I was on the floor & Molly asked me to do a "down" I had to jump up beside her on the sofa & then lay down, rather than just doing it where I was. They were puzzled as to why I do that but if Molly is sitting on the sofa & I'm lying on the floor then she might not be able to get my food reward to my mouth & I can't risk that!

One afternoon the washing on the line caught on the gate of the chicken enclosure & it opened. Molly's mum shut it before I had chance to get in but now I know there's an entrance there! So far I've tried burrowing underneath (my head fits but the rest of me doesn't!) & pulling up the undergrowth to make the gap bigger. I'm determined that I will get in because I think I could be great friends with the chickens.

I've discovered that if I climb onto the back of one of the chairs in the living room I can jump from there on to a cabinet under the window which I can stand on top of & look outside! The first time I was trying to find Molly's dad who was working on his car across the road with a neighbour but I've done it a couple more times since then when I'm home on my own.

When I was home alone one morning I discovered a label from a yoghurt pot on top of the cabinet which had obviously been left there for me to play with.

I've continued to enjoy socialising with the postman, supermarket delivery man, a neighbour, Molly's older brother & Molly's aunt & her partner when they all came round (to see me, I think). I was even given a piece of tripe when the neighbour came round but Molly said that was to distract me because I was being a nuisance. Oops!

Molly has now run out of my favourite liver cake but as she was getting towards the end she discovered lots of crumbs so sprinkled them on the lawn for me. I had great fun finding every little crumb, yum yum!