Problem Alert

We have a problem, diagnosed as Grandma Fixation. My mother has become 'grandma' to Prada. "Mom's making me sit -looks up at grandma- you're not going to make me do this, are you?" I think that my letting her off the leash in the house yesterday was too early. She's not enough of a shadow to me for such independence. So..."you mean TSE was right when they strongly suggested two weeks on leash? really? They know what they're talking about after 80 years of dog training?”

Ok, I get it, I messed up.  We're fixing it. Solution: Mom (my mom, not Prada's) ignores Prada more when she's out of harness and Prada goes back on leash so she's glued to my side for a while longer. After several long walks today with and without my mom along the situation seems to improve slightly but I expect it will take some time to clear up.

(Here more than ever you see my fear that I’d screwed up and that Prada hadn’t bonded to me.  I was so self-conscious of Prada’s tendency to fixate on strong females because of her trainer that I thought she’d love any woman I looked up to more than me.  I was wrong.  She’s all about me J  For the record, Mom didn’t do anything to precipitate the problem, Prada’s just extremely affectionate.)