Almost eden

"Dogs are our link to paradise. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace."
Milan Kundera

I'm trying to train Abby to sit up on a park bench with me, and it's only half working. Like, she knows what I'm asking, but it makes her uncomfortable. She will often put her front legs up to snag the cookie, but not the whole deal.