Everyone breaaaaaaaaaaaaathe
Thats better.
Emma your post did initially come across as you wanting your dog to ignore stuff all the time, and unfortunately, people like me, mattie, owdb1tch - we come across people every single day who have totally ridiculous expectations of their dog.
Thats not what you meant, so you just had to say that - misunderstandings are fine, they happen all the time especially on the internet, and all it needs is for someone to say 'oopsy thats not what i meant'.
I once read a reply to something id written somewhere else, as if the person was being incredibly sarcastic and rude to me... i read hte post three times and it was only as i was writing my reply out that i went back to read it for the forth time....... and picked up ONE word i had missed that totally changed the meaning and tone of the post.
I am even more ashamed to say that this is a person i have met twice and known of for a very long time and KNOW she would not be like that but STILL i read it in a nasty 'tone of voice'...
Fortunately I realised and didnt leap down her throat - it is always worth remembering that if you are in a bad mood or you think everyone is out to get you (we ALL have days like that), you can accidentally apply that frame of mind to the other persons post and not realise whats actually happened.
You have done wonders with your dog, when you were dropped in the deep end with him, so dont let a little misunderstanding stop you!