sproctopus I hope the counselor and principal get back to you tomorrow morning! I'm sorry the communication among staff at your kid's school is so awful.
She was crate trained before we moved in Oct. I'm ready to go back to crating her, but I'm struggling to get FI on board.
We trained our dog to lay or sit on the couch when we are leaving. We had the help of a trainer though lol. But only one session so it wasn't super hard! DH says we just encouraged him to jump on the couch while saying "couch" and being generous with treats. We worked up to walking away while he stayed on the couch and also practiced him doing it when we knocked on the door as well, so in theory he should wait on the couch when visitors come. He's not so great on that one lol. But we can leave in peace 99% of the time.