Thanks for the info....I have done the thing where the dog has to look at you...and you move your hand with the food away. He does pretty good at this, but I've never timed it.

I do make him work for his food occasionally, and he will do it...I don't do it all the time though. Oh, and I don't feed him before the class. Well, he gets half of his food in the morning (around 11:00) but he doesn't get any more food until we get home (around 8:45) on class days.

Nebo *will* work for his food/kibble...but you see, he's not much of an eater...half the time he won't even eat his dinner anyway, so it's not as much of a motivation for him as it is other dogs.

This is what I do in class when he gets frustrating and is going/barking at other dogs....I'll take him down an isle and make him sit/stay for a few seconds before I let him join the others.