Seattle, I agree with the others, I think you made a major step forward yesterday with the dog!! You have something here that is very close to her heart, and you are being gentle about it, and it's breaking through. Don't minimize this, I think it's a big step.
You did a great job in front of the GF's!! And the hug, awesome. These are all positives!
I had to laugh when you said the dog does all her tricks when a treat is out, ours does the same thing! I attribute this to H because he liked to get her to run through all the tricks and then give her a treat, so now when you get a treat out she: sits, shakes, lays down, rolls over and then crawls/crouches toward you. This all takes place in a matter of about 5 seconds! Hahah!! What would we do without these sweet dogs?!
