Bryan had his basic obedience exam today. We were the fifth pair to take the test. He did everything more or less correctly, but got dinged on things like hesitating before he did the automatic sit, and not sitting neatly in front of me on the recall. He also got distracted during the down-stay test and lost marks there. He really could have scored a lot higher than he did. He’s shown that he can do everything perfectly; it’s a question of whether he wants to. Here are some photos that K took of him and me during the exam. I’m toying with the idea of moving up to intermediate class after this, but we have a lot on our …
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Bryan's first obedience training class.
Bryan attended his first obedience training class with Patrick Wong of Waggie on Sunday. He’s one of about 20 dogs who are taking this class on Sunday afternoons, and he’s one of the better behaved pooches, if I do say so myself. Credit goes to K who has been working with him even before classes started, so that he already knew to heel on a leash before the first class. Bryan is a smart dog; he knows K is at the top of the pecking order in the house so he will be extra obedient and attentive with him, but with me he sometimes tries his luck and with Emily, well let’s just say sometimes we didn’t know who was …
