I once owned a black Labrador retriever for fourteen years, (or he owned me I feel quite certain in his mind he owned me). This dog was very smart, I got him as a just-weaned puppy and trained him myself. I had a two- and one-half-acre lake in my backyard and I could take him to the backside of the lake and instruct him to “stay”. I would walk all the way around the lake back to my house, go inside and fix a glass of tea and go out on my deck and he would still be sitting there attentively watching for me and waiting for his next command . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/08/rebellion-lesson/