The Newest Canine Good Citizen

September 13 (yes, once again, I am a slacker), Duncan took and passed his Canine Good Citizen test. He is officially a Good Dog. Of course, everyone who knows him already knew he was a good boy, but now he has a certificate to prove it. What’s really neat is that, since he’s AKC registered, his certificate has his full name: D’Can’s Dark Warrior Dreaming. Passing this test means that he can now take specialty classes, so he started canine freestyle two weeks ago (we missed orientation the first week and class this week because of my business travel), and he’s signed up for Pre-Agility, which starts later this month. And no, he’s not going to do Agiliy, at least not until he’s full grown, and most likely not even then. But the Pre-Agility class will help build his confidence and get him used to going over, around, under, and through new obstacles. And considering how cowed he is around Reyna, he needs every confidence-builder he can get...

Yay, Duncan!

Duncan graduated last night from PetSmart’s Basic Obedience class. I had originally planned to take him directly from Sylvie’s into the Intermediate class, but PetSmart teaches a lot more in their basic class than Sylvie did. And it worked out for the best, since we missed a couple of classes, courtesy of my back. We’ll probably hold off on the next level until May, to give my back time to heal before we have to start working again. Especially since I have two trips for work coming up.

Duncan

So, last night was Duncan's first ever obedience class. I may be a bit biased, but I think he was the best dog there. He had the quickest and longest treatless sit, he didn't bark at anyone, didn't jump or lunge or anything like that. His down needs work, but since last night was the first time we worked on that, I'm not worried. After all, he's only 19 weeks, or 4.5 calendar months. He even has a pretty decent loose leash walk. Such a good boy. Sylvie said she wants me to train him for drill team.....now, since I can hardly work two dogs at once, I'm waiting for her to admit that she really doesn't want Reyna on the team. We'll see what happens...