I have to post a synopsis about Honor's day yesterday, because she had such a good training day! To give some background, Honor and I have been working on:
1.) Not pulling/barking at other dogs or people. She's never aggressive, just SOOOO excited, but it can confuse people who don't know.
2.) Being nice during bathtime. Honor hates water, with a capital "H". She flails, whines, and just generally does everything she can to make bathtime horrendous. 
3.) Her "stand" command. Honor will sit and lay down all day for you, but doesn't find "stand" to be a good use of her time.
Well...yesterday morning was the dreaded bathtime. I filled the tub up a few inches with water, and brought Honor into the bathroom. At this point, she'll usually start barking at the door to be let out, but she actually just stood on the rug and watched me get her shampoo and rinse cup ready. Because she was behaving so well, I decided "what the heck", and gave her the "In" command just to see if she would get in the tub (which has NEVER happened). And she DID. 
My eyes bugged out of my head, lol. It was incredible! And, she stood still while she was shampooed and rinsed! And to top it all off, when the bath was over, she actually lay down to be toweled off! (She thinks towels are offending objects). It was so...blissful that I almost cried, lol. Usually bathtime leaves us both soaked and unhappy. It was such a nice change to be pleased after a bath.
Then, DH and I took Honor to the pet supply store to get more Canidae. Now, anybody she meets in stores or outside is usually cause for incredible excitement and voluminous noise. When we were all walking to the car, a woman was coming into the building, and I asked Honor to "Sit", "Stay", and "Quiet". And even though you could see that she was using every ounce of restraint she had, she stayed in a quiet sit until the woman passed! Woohoo! Praise, praise, praise. And the icing on the cake was that I decided to go for broke and practice "Stand" around the store. Every time I asked Honor to sit, stand, or lay down, she did! Even with distractions!
It was so wonderful! Honor's been a bit of a rebellious girl lately, and that can sometimes be frustrating, especially because we both know that she can behave. It was so lovely to see her training coming together, and was so incredibly rewarding that I feel compelled to share the triumph. Yay for Honor!