I am sorely tempted to blame boy-brains. Look at Az off with the fairies and Duke fiddling with his muzzle. And then Mollydog in the middle *FOCUSSED!* ready at any moment to obey any command (as long as there is a sausage in it for her).

I keep finding myself saying to the Lurcher Lads : 'why can't you be more like Mollydog??' :-D