Hold that pose!

Demi is so well trained that if I give her the Down-Stay commands she will stay in that position FOREVER.

Many times I have left the room only to return an hour later and the poor kid was still Downing and Staying!

But there's one concept she can't grasp - Don't move. Hold that pose!

This morning, while the kids in Juvenile Hall were drawing, I was sketching Demi.

Every time she moved her head I began again. And again. And again. Often she would return to an earlier position so I'd draw as fast as I could to get in a few more lines, then she'd move so I'd re-start, then she'd move and I'd work on one I had half finished. And so it went.

The flip side was that it gave me needed practice on quick gestural drawings and it was one of the few times I wasn't drawing her asleep!