Lyla thinks shes a human.

Our dog Lyla, Ch. Kennebec Give Back My Heart, is a piece of work. She thinks she is the human in the house. When you tell her to go outside sometimes she'll listen if she decides to, but usually she'll run away to the bedroom and hide under a bed like a pouting toddler. Also Lyla is an escape artist, the dog can open doors! She knows how to get out of a bedroom we put her in and she can let herself back inside the house. Last night there was a thunderstorm and she was a mess as usual. So I spent the evening with her on a leash tied around my foot surrounded by puddles of saliva. She couldn't decide which room she wanted into and which one she wanted out of. She even opened the door to the bedroom which her arch rival Twyla stays in. Thanks god she was in a crate.
Lyla is my Moms heart dog. She follows her everywhere and is a mess when she is not around. We once put her in a vari kennel with the door flush against the wall, a blanket over her crate, and the room she was in had the door locked and closed. Yeah she got out. Another time she was in the house and opened the front door during a thunderstorm and my brother Justin had to chase her down the street naked. She is very Alpha Bitch. Yet she doesn't have problems with other dogs. She actually rather enjoys other dogs. When at a dog show she would walk up to other dogs and sniff them and once she decided they were OK she would sit next to them. The other dogs would usually begin cleaning her ears and eyes. I once read that about alphas that they don't fight because they don't have a need to. Other dogs just don't start stuff and have respect for her. Around here she is always the dog with the cleanest ears.
Because she is so stubborn she isn't much of a show dog because she would rather sit around and be old.