Wow!

We hit week 6 yesterday. It's been windy and he's been really good. I even played music last night and he just kept napping across the room from me! But the huge wow came yesterday. Arya had to go to the vet for digestive and pain issues, when we came out I let them out per the norm. Arya came back in and I was talking to her about this getting sick thing (I caught her eating poop after the vet visit and suspect that is the culprit), Mochi came wandering back inside.

Mochi has serious issues with this area. One, it's the door to the thing he loves - the backyard. One of his anxiety issues is barrier frustration, which means he can feel the need to guard areas. We've done a lot of work in this area, lots of desensitization and work with his resource guarding (because of course this is the only place their food fits as well...) It can still be problematic.

This is the best picture I could find, Mochi's food is the left and Arya's is a few more feet to the right. I'm thinking of putting the food in the bedroom and feeding Mochi in his crate, then the puppy will get fed in it's crate. The only problem here is Arya doesn't have a crate so I'm not sure what to do with her food bowl. 

Anyways, on to the point. Mochi came back in and was not doing his usual avoiding body language. I grabbed some treats and did some tricks. He was being really cute! Then.. he looked at her and looked back at me. Then he kept offering to look at her and back at me. Very good boy!