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Abby and I had our last class last night. It was really
fun and loads of chaos.
The trainer first ran us all through everything we had learned the
previous five weeks. Then it was time to pick the best in class.
We did sudden death elimination. She had us all going through
all the various things we had learned and soon as your dog made
a mistake you were out.
I wasnt really paying much attention to the others concentrating
on Abby but soon realized that Abby and the chocolate lab were
the only two left. We messed up on the off leash stay.
So the lab got best in class. We were first runner up.
The trainer had prizes and Abby got a big bag of treats.
Yea!...
After the best in class competition we did some games
for the dogs. Lots of dogs running around silly.
In one of the games the trainer had set up a couple
of hurdles for the dogs to jump over. We were supposed
to bring our dogs up the jump and have them sit. Then
toss a ball over the hurdle and have then chase and
retrieve it. Ideally going over the hurdle each way.
Abby took off like a bolt of lightning after the ball
and did the jump on the way to the ball but once
she got the ball she ran around and around the room
holding the ball up in the air like a trophy trying to
avoid letting anyone get near her while she had
possession of "The Prize".
It was a fun time...
Overall the classes were a great experience. Abby is so
much different now than when we started. She is still
a silly girl a lot of the time though...
Oh...and the male GSD in our class...they dropped
out in the final week so didnt finish the course.
We started with 13 dogs in week one and only
9 finished...
fun and loads of chaos.
The trainer first ran us all through everything we had learned the
previous five weeks. Then it was time to pick the best in class.
We did sudden death elimination. She had us all going through
all the various things we had learned and soon as your dog made
a mistake you were out.
I wasnt really paying much attention to the others concentrating
on Abby but soon realized that Abby and the chocolate lab were
the only two left. We messed up on the off leash stay.
So the lab got best in class. We were first runner up.
The trainer had prizes and Abby got a big bag of treats.
Yea!...
After the best in class competition we did some games
for the dogs. Lots of dogs running around silly.
In one of the games the trainer had set up a couple
of hurdles for the dogs to jump over. We were supposed
to bring our dogs up the jump and have them sit. Then
toss a ball over the hurdle and have then chase and
retrieve it. Ideally going over the hurdle each way.
Abby took off like a bolt of lightning after the ball
and did the jump on the way to the ball but once
she got the ball she ran around and around the room
holding the ball up in the air like a trophy trying to
avoid letting anyone get near her while she had
possession of "The Prize".
It was a fun time...
Overall the classes were a great experience. Abby is so
much different now than when we started. She is still
a silly girl a lot of the time though...
Oh...and the male GSD in our class...they dropped
out in the final week so didnt finish the course.
We started with 13 dogs in week one and only
9 finished...