Just a little update on Smellvis the bad dog.
Today I took him in the back yard to pee. I have no clue where we put the leash since we moved, so I've just been letting him in the back before and after the chickens are in their coop. Otherwise he goes in the front yard.
Anyway so I took him out there and made him heel next to me the whole time. He stayed at my calf and I walked him around te perimeter. He looked at Petey ONCE and I tapped him on the shoulder and said," hey! Uh-uh. No." and he focused back on me and we kept walking. When we got to the spot that he killed to polish he would not walk any further. He was scared to go back to that spot. Because the spot wasn't the issue and the chicken was, I told him he better come and heel. He did so with his nose and tail pretty much all the way to the ground. He knows.
Walked back to the deck after he peed. Chuck ran past him and he perked his ears. Tapped and told him no and he was very quickly paying attention to me again.
Told him, "Get in the house, NOW."
he jogged to the house and stayed at the door waiting for me to come.
Can I please just mention that this dog has never once heeled in his life?
HE KNOWS. I think he can be reformed, but I don't think I'll let him be unsupervised ever again. He's a good dog but he's a terrier and I just can't blame him for doing what he was bred to do. I actually feel the need to commend him for fighting the urge for almost two years. Either way gold advice genny, this dog has never EVER obliged my orders as well as he has been these past two days. He knows this was serious, and I plan on using this time to work on the "heel" command cuz I'm really enjoying this.
Sorry to hear about your troubles but I'm gald to see you posting again. And happy to hear that your medical issues are getting straightened out. Doctors! They'll kill you if you're not careful. Have I ever told you all my doctor joke? 
