Great idea about the black light for spotting urine. So now I am glad it didn't sell in the last rummage sale...lol.

Our Golden never, ever, ever jumped on furniture in our presence. Never even remember it being an issue...she trained well with all of those things as a puppy. BUT... one time as we were driving away, we spotted her on the couch looking out the window!!! We couldn't believe it! Still, never in our presence, but we knew she sometimes did it when we were gone. Yep...they are pretty smart
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We trained our dog to ask permission before running to jump in the lake. It was really cute, because she'd run to the shore and look back and ask like three times before she accepted it was really ok. She used to love the water. She'd swim for eight hours if we let her. As she got older, we had to start limiting her or she couldn't move for two days.

They really are smart. I guess everyone who owns one knows that
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Cara