Triple CGC today!

ristakrat · 11-13-2012, 07:24 PM

I have been training, socializing, and desensitizing three puppies from our last litter for weeks in preparation for today! Our puppies are leery of strangers and unfamiliar dogs especially when not in the company of their siblings and it was a real challenge finding appropriate scenarios to further their training with these obstacles... especially one at a time. I was really worried about one of the females specifically because of her growl first friends later attitude (that was in full swing until a few days ago) and the way the test is set up, it seems a bit confrontational. Well, puppies are full of surprises and every single puppy earned their CGC title today and at the ripe old age of 13.5 weeks! I am beside myself proud of these three (especially miss attitude lol) and their ability to learn and reliably seek direction from their handler. They will all be going to their new homes very soon and I will HIGHLY encourage their new families to continue training and socializing and to have the pups re-evaluated in a year or so as their goal. There is always room for improvement and further training but these three are off to a great start at becoming exceptional dogs and family guardians. They have been napping ever since getting home after their test and a photo op at the park. I am thinking about doing the same

Jag · 11-13-2012, 07:32 PM

That's great that they got their CGC's! I'm sure there was a lot of work involved. However, I hope you're not planning to continue using their parents to breed since they're having litters of pups without solid temperaments.

onyx'girl · 11-13-2012, 07:36 PM

Congrats, did they eat their ribbons after the foto session? Cute pups!

I thought the CGC for pups was the puppy STAR certificate.

ristakrat · 11-13-2012, 08:12 PM

Hehe the ribbons are still intact. Also a major accomplishment for the day. There isn't an age restriction for CGC although the AKC does recommend puppies who take the test are re-evaluated later on. The star puppy program is beneficial but I knew these three were capable of much more. They were my STAR puppies when they were just lil GSD nuggets

SueDoNimm · 11-14-2012, 01:26 PM

Congratulations! The pups are so beautiful and serious-looking!

FlyAway · 11-14-2012, 04:46 PM

Congratulations!

gmcwife1 · 11-17-2012, 02:20 AM

That is awesome!

11-13-2012, 07:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
ristakrat Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 103	Triple CGC today! I have been training, socializing, and desensitizing three puppies from our last litter for weeks in preparation for today! Our puppies are leery of strangers and unfamiliar dogs especially when not in the company of their siblings and it was a real challenge finding appropriate scenarios to further their training with these obstacles... especially one at a time. I was really worried about one of the females specifically because of her growl first friends later attitude (that was in full swing until a few days ago) and the way the test is set up, it seems a bit confrontational. Well, puppies are full of surprises and every single puppy earned their CGC title today and at the ripe old age of 13.5 weeks! I am beside myself proud of these three (especially miss attitude lol) and their ability to learn and reliably seek direction from their handler. They will all be going to their new homes very soon and I will HIGHLY encourage their new families to continue training and socializing and to have the pups re-evaluated in a year or so as their goal. There is always room for improvement and further training but these three are off to a great start at becoming exceptional dogs and family guardians. They have been napping ever since getting home after their test and a photo op at the park. I am thinking about doing the same

11-13-2012, 07:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jag Knighted Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,683	That's great that they got their CGC's! I'm sure there was a lot of work involved. However, I hope you're not planning to continue using their parents to breed since they're having litters of pups without solid temperaments. __________________ Wrath of Grim z Dragon "Mr. Grim"- Threaten my handler. I dare you.

11-13-2012, 07:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
onyx'girl Crowned Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SW, MI Posts: 21,195	Congrats, did they eat their ribbons after the foto session? Cute pups! I thought the CGC for pups was the puppy STAR certificate. __________________ Jane~ Kept by Onyx, Kacie and Gideon v Wildhaus aka Karlo

11-13-2012, 08:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
ristakrat Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 103	Hehe the ribbons are still intact. Also a major accomplishment for the day. There isn't an age restriction for CGC although the AKC does recommend puppies who take the test are re-evaluated later on. The star puppy program is beneficial but I knew these three were capable of much more. They were my STAR puppies when they were just lil GSD nuggets Last edited by ristakrat; 11-13-2012 at 08:20 PM.

11-14-2012, 01:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
SueDoNimm Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: North Carolina Posts: 261	Congratulations! The pups are so beautiful and serious-looking! __________________ Jerry, CGC - born 12/8/2009, adopted 7/7/2012

11-14-2012, 04:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
FlyAway Master Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: The Cold Midwest Posts: 567	Congratulations! __________________ "And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up."

11-17-2012, 02:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
gmcwife1 Elite Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,394	That is awesome! __________________ ~ Dori ~ Kenai - 10 yr old Samoyed Koda - 8 yr old Samoyed Max - 4 yr old rescue Persian Nita - 01/26/2012 GSD

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