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I had been looking forward to tonight for weeks. Well Max started his class and it did not go too well
He is the biggest/oldest dog in the class for one thing. All her classes were booked up til now so he is at the oldest level this class permits.
He would not settle down, barked at every dog there, wanted to run and play with some of them, REFUSED to sit still. She directed me on how to massage him to get him to relax. It would last for a minute then he was back to being agitated
He barked so much that it was hard to hear the instructor and we were getting nasty looks from the other owners. It got so bad they had to put a fence around him to attempt to block out the other dogs. Then he whined because he could not see them
Needless to say, I left with a headache, muscle aches from trying to keep him in the "box" designated to him. He was sooooooooo unruly. I have never seen him like this before.
I keep telling myself it was his first night. He has never seen that many dogs in one place. For the most part he just wanted to play with them. The other pups looked at him either with fear or started whining too that they wanted to play too. It was chaos!
I hope next week goes better! I spent the entire class massaging him, trying to get him to settle and did not hear much of what the instructor said. Luckily I brought DH and he managed to listen to what she was attempting to teach everyone.
I hope Max does not get kicked out or flunk kindergarten!

He would not settle down, barked at every dog there, wanted to run and play with some of them, REFUSED to sit still. She directed me on how to massage him to get him to relax. It would last for a minute then he was back to being agitated

He barked so much that it was hard to hear the instructor and we were getting nasty looks from the other owners. It got so bad they had to put a fence around him to attempt to block out the other dogs. Then he whined because he could not see them

Needless to say, I left with a headache, muscle aches from trying to keep him in the "box" designated to him. He was sooooooooo unruly. I have never seen him like this before.
I keep telling myself it was his first night. He has never seen that many dogs in one place. For the most part he just wanted to play with them. The other pups looked at him either with fear or started whining too that they wanted to play too. It was chaos!
I hope next week goes better! I spent the entire class massaging him, trying to get him to settle and did not hear much of what the instructor said. Luckily I brought DH and he managed to listen to what she was attempting to teach everyone.
I hope Max does not get kicked out or flunk kindergarten!