Progress!!!
Tonight Cheyenne was obsessively pawing at me–my arms, my face. I asked her “What do you need to do?” (which means “Sit”, don’t even ask…) and she sat, but continued to paw, inlcuding trying to paw at my feet when I told her no paws. Sigh… that’s a Shoo-Shy for you, desperately trying to find the loop hole. So anyway, I pointed at the floor in front of me and said, more to myself than anything, “If you want loves, you need to lay down.” I had absolutely no expectations. After a (very) prolonged period she sighed, laid down, and rolled over! I was stunned. I hadn’t even said it as though I was asking her to do anything. Which only proves just how intelligent she really is, and also just how uncooperative she really is. It isn’t that she doesn’t understand what is being asked of her, its that she doesn’t understand why she should comply with my requests. I had stopped touching her and she really wanted attention. I am beginning to think that she is affection motivated, even though I have never heard of such a thing. Hey whatever works. Even if it is only 60% of the time.