A victory in terms of crate training! While Shep still doesn't seem to see it as a haven - he spends less time voluntarily in it now than he did a few weeks ago, when he'd just go nap in there - it's no longer a struggle to get him to go into the crate when we leave in the morning, or at bedtime. Sometimes he even goes in there when he sees the treat box come out, whether we want him in the crate or not. A win!
On the other hand, he now likes to sneak up the stairs when we're not looking, or if one of us goes to the restroom. Where he used to thunder up the stairs, he's now so quiet that I don't know he's there until his tags jingle, and then he thunders down the stairs when he's caught. The most fun game for a puppy, he says! This is, of course, why we forbade him from the stairs in the first place - he goes down so fast he's likely to slip and fall (for the 100th time) and hurt himself, and he also likes to get underfoot and try to nip at your feet, and I don't want to fall either.
There are accomplishments and setbacks. He's much better on the leash than he was, but he's still mouthy. He obeys better, but he talks back more. He's pretty well housebroken, but he still wants to eat his poop. He's been good in terms of socializing, but he still hates the Yorkies a few doors down. Better to look on the bright side, right? He'll get there.
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