Just a minute ago, we had the best experience and I had to come right in and blog about it (after giving Kody hugs and kisses, of course). We were outside and the mailman was there, Kody basically ignored him which was great. Then a big noisy truck pulled up and Kody stayed mostly calm except he was a little excited to see who would come out.
It was one of our neighbors that Kody really likes. Kody was calm, but he always likes greeting humans better off leash, so I dropped the leash. He started running and I thought he was going to go for the mailman, but he went for the front door. He didn't make it too far before he turned around and waited. Then he just wandered in the area calmly while I talked.
The mailman said he was one of the best dachshunds he'd ever seen, and that normally they're so aggressive. I told him that Kody wasn't always so well behaved. Our neighbor, knowing how hard I work laughed and told the mailman how much I'd been working with Kody. The mailman asked what I was doing with Kody and I talked about working with a trainer and just in general doing a lot of work in general.
My neighbor got down to pet Kody and Kody seemed to love it.
Then we went inside. What a good experience!
Way to go Kody! Matt too!