Kody had his best door greeting today ever with no barking whatsoever. However, rather than run to his mat to get a treat, he runs to this corner of the couch. I'm not entirely sure what that means, but it's a common theme for him.
So today, before I let the guest in I got a little rawhide swizzle and called him to his mat. He definitely went to his mat for that. I gave it to him and asked the guest to come in (I knew who it was) and Kody just stayed on his mat and chewed his toy. It was perfect. We'll get it down.
I just thought it may be that he doesn't like to be laying on the floor when people are walking around him. I'll move his mat more out of that way and see if he likes that better.
But a similar thing happened tonight. He went to show me he needed to go out, and then when I acknowledged and got the leash, he ran to the couch. He didn't run when I approached and was happy to get his leash on to go outside. So he seems to prefer getting his leash on when he's on the couch.
He seems in general not to want to sit around by the front door. I don't know exactly why that is, but it's not really a big deal. Things are going pretty well.