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I am going to try to get a title leg on Tori this weekend, even though she is NOT ready, and am going to do a CGC with Arwen at the show that SHOULD be a piece of cake -- she's titled and well behaved and I couldn't see taking her to CGC classes, when all she needs is the test, so anyway I took them to PetsMart to be groomed.
While I was waiting for them to be done, I talked to their trainer for a few minutes. She asked me if I had my dogs and well, I had to admit they were there even though Tori is kind of embarrassing the way she pulls and jumps and who am I trying to kid? If she gets a title leg on Saturday I will probably feint.
So later I am trying to watch the grooming and the trainer brings her class along to the back where I am. (Two toy dogs and their enterouge. She asks another employee to do a greet.
Both toys had a jumping up problem. The young trainer's solution was to shake a can of metallic items. She was also doing the clicker thing with them. The dogs must be super intelligent because I was majorly confused. She was clicking which queued the dogs to jump up on the person, then she would rattle away and the dog would jump down. After going to the one dog, then the other then back to the other and then back again, she exclaimed "well, there is definitely progress."
I was flabbergasted and turned around to look at the grooming to not be rude. I now that people swear by clickers and I know people use penny cans, but one in each hand????
I am sorry, but me and the toys felt that the whole thing was rather annoying. I know that the owners paid better than $120 for this training. I think that getting the dog groomed was a better value.
Definitely progress!!!!
Going up to pay for my grooming, I saw a woman's dog lift his leg on a display. I said out loud, "You dog is leaking, clean it up" but not really for her to hear me. She may have. The woman turned, noticed the dog and the urine, turned to me and said "I am sorry he just peed." I looked back. She said again, "he went there." I said, I am not an employee, but there is an oops station right over there.
She walked over there, turned with out taking a paper towel or anything and left with her dog. Amazing!!! Whatever.
Ok, I am done. I just haven't been there for quite a while.
While I was waiting for them to be done, I talked to their trainer for a few minutes. She asked me if I had my dogs and well, I had to admit they were there even though Tori is kind of embarrassing the way she pulls and jumps and who am I trying to kid? If she gets a title leg on Saturday I will probably feint.
So later I am trying to watch the grooming and the trainer brings her class along to the back where I am. (Two toy dogs and their enterouge. She asks another employee to do a greet.
Both toys had a jumping up problem. The young trainer's solution was to shake a can of metallic items. She was also doing the clicker thing with them. The dogs must be super intelligent because I was majorly confused. She was clicking which queued the dogs to jump up on the person, then she would rattle away and the dog would jump down. After going to the one dog, then the other then back to the other and then back again, she exclaimed "well, there is definitely progress."
I was flabbergasted and turned around to look at the grooming to not be rude. I now that people swear by clickers and I know people use penny cans, but one in each hand????
I am sorry, but me and the toys felt that the whole thing was rather annoying. I know that the owners paid better than $120 for this training. I think that getting the dog groomed was a better value.
Definitely progress!!!!
Going up to pay for my grooming, I saw a woman's dog lift his leg on a display. I said out loud, "You dog is leaking, clean it up" but not really for her to hear me. She may have. The woman turned, noticed the dog and the urine, turned to me and said "I am sorry he just peed." I looked back. She said again, "he went there." I said, I am not an employee, but there is an oops station right over there.
She walked over there, turned with out taking a paper towel or anything and left with her dog. Amazing!!! Whatever.
Ok, I am done. I just haven't been there for quite a while.