School's back in, and in the spirit of that, the dogs and I have been working on some new lessons.

One has been taught to use her nose to open the cupboard door.

The other has learned to steal a ball from my back jeans pocket on the command ''pickpocket''.

Yeah, that's how we roll with dog training here. I mean if they excel at disobedience, why not develop their natural talents? Set them up to succeed?