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5th class

We had our 5th class. It was mostly agility. Mom was suprised how well I did because I don't have very much interest in our backyard stuff. I raelly seemed to like the tunnel and at on point Cookie ran through one direction while I ran through the other way. I also did the weave poles for the first time. We now have ours set up in the basement to practice because the weather is terrible. I hope Mom gets the tunnel out too. We also worked on getting our front paws on a phonebook. I already have this mastered. When Mom says on and points to the phonebook I put my front paws up there. The trainer was laughing when she asked us to show her how we were doing with our new trick and I wiggled my ears when Mom says "EARS". This was not really very hard since this is a natural behavior for me. Mom just waits for me to do it, captures with the clicker, and says ears. I'm a quick learner. I didn't want to do jumps at first and kept knocking the bars off but Mom did not get mad. She knows I like rally better. We had a great time again!

My 4th class

Tonight was our 4th class and we had fun. I loved everything. First we showed the trainer what we would do with an empty box. I stepped in it, stood in it, sat in it, fliped it up on its side. I was very creative. Then we worked on our trick. Mine is to wiggle my ears. I'll do anything to make Mom laugh. Then we worked on agility. When it was my turn Mom told me jump and I plowed right into the bar and knocked it over. Oh well I guess that needs work. Actually later on I was doing much better but the trainer said I hop over it like a bunny, all four paws at once. Guess its a good thing Mom likes bunnies too. Then we got to play with the tunnel and Cookie and I ran through it so many times. Next we worked on a mini rally course and I can tell Mom is getting much more confident and I so want to do as she wishes. At the end we worked on heeling in circles and figure eights. Class was so tiring we are going to sleep good tonight!

Doggie Class

We had our 2nd class tonight. It was more work on rally commands and quite a bit on leash work. Mom was really happy about that because she would like me to stop dragging her down the street and although I am doing better she was glad for more instruction. Part of our homework for next week is to pick a behavior we do automatically and put a name to it so we will do it on command. Mom is going to have me move my ears around and say "tune in radio station". Silly Mom! The trainer is impressed with how responsive I am to Mom.