Dog sitting concludes tomorrow, and in the 10 days I've been feeding my friend's dogs I've trained them to sit and wait until I tell them to eat. This means they are much calmer at meal time. The great thing is that when they do the trick they get to eat so they're more inclined to co-operate each time we do it. Win/win! She loves that my dogs do this (and we have a calmer routine than what exists with her dogs now, but she'll get there) and it is a "value added" aspect to dog sitting. That and repairing the fence. :-/

Thinking about doing more painting soon, and maybe some tile.