I got locked out of my residence hall when I took Cyrus out to pee yesterday, so I ended up taking him to everything I had to do that morning.
Nobody is awake at 7:45 so instead of waiting in the cold for someone to open the door, I went to the dining hall. The staff there were very happy to see Cyrus. As soon as I sat down he tucked under my chair, and then I practiced moving around, grabbing my jacket, and shifting chairs while he stayed lying. Sometimes he likes to jump up and escape.
The whole reason I was locked out was that I lost my id card, so we went searching. I made him sit at every door, and he walked perfectly. We looked in the bathroom, so I practiced making him go in ahead of me and sit nicely out of the way, so we could fit in a regular stall.
We checked the IT help desk. Cyrus helpfully put his paws up instead of staying down. I only taught it to him once, but he always wants to see whats happening at them IT desk and he loves offering behaviors.
We hung out in the library and did some 3d printing and reading. We watched the fish tank. Someone else showed up at the 3d printers and Cyrus thought he was finally going to get attention.
We attended a discussion about something I care about. I nearly cried because I cared about the topic. I’m glad Cyrus was there for me to pet. He was ready to leave by the time I ran out of treats, he needed to poop again and exercise.
Since I was just taking him out to pee when this adventure started, I didn’t have a treat bag or a clicker or his vest, or even a real winter jacket, just a flat collar and leash and some poop bags in my sweater pocket. Nonetheless, he only got distracted by 2 people and he did well for several hours with only intermittent treats whenever I had a plate of bacon and eggs from the cafeteria.
