Watch me...

Storm's a good dog. She's been easy to train and very skillful at almost every task we've set before her...except "watch me." She'll do anything you ask, follow any of her known commands almost without thinking, but when you say "watch me," she looks away. In other words, she'll act on your commands, but only because she chooses to, not because you want her to do whatever it is.
She's brilliant, don't get me wrong. This dog can tell time and knows just how to charm that extra cookie out of her loving parents. But she only looks you in the eye when she wants something, not when you want something from her.



Top of the list this summer in her training is "watch me." The "here" command is good...unless she's distracted by a really interesting smell...