well i took devil dog to her new class on friday, it went really well!!! we were early and the trainer had her two dogs wandering loose in the hall, daizy charges in and guns blazing as she does, and suddenly though oooo crap!!!! after a min of gobbing she decides they are ok after all...they loooked at her as if she was something possessed! once inside and intro's over with we had 10 mins before teh class, so she said to let her off the lead with her 7 month old and 13 year old collies and daizy was actually 'good'! she played, came whe i called her away, then was allowed back to play a few times, which she was enjoying, and built her confidence ina new big scary hall ( i actually think i was more nervous than her!!)
Down to training, well they work towards the good citizens, we have done puppy but failed our bronze in another class, however as cost plays an issue in classes i can go to, i cant afford the previous classes any more, and i dont feel daizy was socialised enough when we were there, hence finding a new class and trying different things, so far this one is looking good ! we worked on heel work, i have been asked if i would like to work towards competition obedience or just general, as she will get me doing exercises slightly differently, so i have decided i will for now, and see how it goes!!!
so far we did getting into position for heelwork and sitting to the side, daizy has a baaad habit of sitting in front of me, so i have done 2 nights worth of 'close' and so far so good, will try and games james using my camera to take pics of us training at home to show her progress. her 'wait' wasnt up to much in the hall, but i didn't push it as it was our first night there! we also did road crossings, sits, and 'leaves' in different situations, as well as the general socialising.
Daizy did decide to get her gobby head on again at one point, and be bigger than her boots with a westie she had played with earlier in the evening, so on the trainers say so i dropped her lead and walked away, which stopped her initially, later on same thing, ( we couldnt decide if its me, or food or being on the lead that sparks her off) so did the same thing again, this time she got told off back by the westie, which did make her rethink being so bossy as he is older and she backed down.
There were only 6 dogs in the class, so ideal, and 2 trainers, 3 young pups went in the other room to the side of the hall with one trainer and the 3 older ones ( me included ) stayed in the hall with the other trainer.
im going in with lotsa positive thinking about how this class will pan out! so fingers crossed in a few weeks we'll pass our bronze with flying colours!!!
oh and ive asked already about the test....if they think your dog is distracted by another during the wait, you are allowed to re-take after the exercise is finished!!! yay!
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