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KJ5IRQ returning. Sorry it took a second. I was working with my dog. We're working on long term distracted stay commands. She's great at staying with her fellow to stay and I can walk off. She does 80% attention so will always stay there. About 10% of the time she might get up and move a couple of people. I sit right back down. And then we have about a 10% failure rating where she just doesn't listen at all. She is a blue heather so that's to be expected. Very headstrong, very individual, very more headed is what a blue heather is. So anyhow she's doing fantastic. So what we're working on now is not to get distracted. She gets these dog treats that I got the hiccups all of a sudden. She loves them. They are freeze dried beef and pork. She loves them. Absolutely loves them. All the dogs do. So that's a high value treat. She doesn't get those all the time. She gets those whenever we look at something new until she gets the concept down and we break it down and get it the way she responds to her ball. Which is her favorite toy. She'll do almost anything for the ball. Yet I like throwing her the ball but I don't always want her to go get the ball right then and there. It's a control thing but I want to be able to control my dog. So what we started introducing today was impulse control I guess is the best way to put it. I got a high value treat in my hand. I got her ball in the other hand. I can get her to sit. I can get her to lay. No problem. Those two commands are no problem and I can get her to stay. I'm not able to get her to sit and stay after I throw the ball of course. I mean that's her toy right? So that's what we're working on right now is she sits. I tell her to stay. I move back a couple three feet or so and I just toss the ball right in front of her. If she goes after it, no treat. And if she doesn't go after it, she gets a treat. And she catches on fairly quickly. As I said we started this about 15 minutes ago so all the time about I've really spent about 10-15 minutes per session. And I try to do it at least twice a day. On the weekends I prefer to get three or four times in if I can. You know the one thing I am having trouble with, maybe somebody on here is better at dogs than I am. I'm just learning. But I'm having trouble with her being over excited when she sees new people. I like her. I'm going to take a real quick break.