I've heard that several times in the last couple of days.  It's starting to get irritating. :}   For one thing, they're talking about Madigan.  I drill her on heel, place, come, wait and sit while we're on our walks, depending on the situation.  For example, if another dog comes by that she wants to play with, she has to sit and wait for me to say go say hello or go play.  In my eyes, she performs great sometimes but still becomes selectively deaf too often.  But to the eyes of the neighbors (who apparently watch me work with her out their windows sometimes!), Madigan is the Miracle Dog. :} I always answer it with, of course, It took a lot of work to get her to this point.  No, she was not naturally born with this knowledge just because she's a BC. :} I've heard you guys talk about this in the past, and I always identified with the ones saying I wish my dog would do that.  Now I'm the one people are saying it about.  Cool. :} See My Furry Family At: http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/dogs0 Learn How to Can Spam http://www.whew.com/Spammers/reportspam_stepbystep.shtml Internet Secrets, 2nd Edition, by John Levine (All About Spam, p. 277)