March 31

12:49     Took Jedi into the garage.  Chicks were back up on their shelf in their box.  Used chicken jerky again because...I was lowering the difficulty so thought maybe I could use a lower reward.  Jedi was happy to go into the garage with me.  Sat politely at the door and waited until I said "ok."  Definitely more interested in the chicks than when I used cheese but did not run straight over to their box either.  We did tricks, starting with "sit" which he has down pat.  Started farther away from where the chicks were and worked closer to them.  He broke one sit stay (had him at the back of the car, coming towards me standing near the chick box)  I just took him back and put him back into it.  He glanced towards the chicks box maybe 3 times during the training session but I never lost his attention completely like when they were in the living room closer to his level.  He did every trick I asked him to and stayed very focused on me, then we came back into the house and did two more tricks and he did not return to the garage door to sniff and scratch, he is now laying at my feet. A good session.

2:55    While out working in my garden, Jedi went over to the door from the garden to the garage several times...he is definitely interested in those chicks.  I only called him away the one time he scratched at the door, and he instantly left the door and came to me.  He also wasn't stuck on the door.  He roamed the yard as usual, he just made regular stops at the door which he didn't do before the chicks were there. 

Going out to the car for groceries, he went straight into the car and ignored the chicks.  Returning from groceries, while both Caleb and my hands were full of groceries, he went back over to the shelf with the box of chicks and was trying to see in, but he came right away when I called him.

8:21    He's been good about not going to the garage door all evening, instead doing his normal bad habits of trying to see what it is I'm cooking for dinner, and doing his good habits such as curling up at my feet while I fold laundry or waiting on the rug in the kitchen for a scrap.  Took him into the garage with some shredded cheese.  He glanced at the box a couple of times when the chicks cheeped but that didn't cause him to break any tricks.  The cheese was a huge motivator...but it did make him a little too excited, he broke a sit/stay, not to run to the chicks but to run to me...I just put him back. We're also still working on the leg weave but he did very well and again followed me right out of the garage at the end.  This time he did not return to the door to sniff.