Okay, well first off, he actually graduates NEXT week(I somehow got the weeks messed up :whistling:) Anyway, I was talking to my trainer about when I could sign him up for intermediate class and she said forget intermediate, he should go into ADVANCED NOVICE!!! Here is how the classes go..... puppy, beginning young dogs, beginners, intermediate, advanced novice and then in to competition training.....Most of the dogs in Chingers class now are either RE taking the class or going into beginners! I am SO PROUD of him!!! I cannot believe that he is going to advanced novice at only 6 months old!!!(He just turned 6 months old on Sunday) I am so ecstatic. He is such a smart dog. We were doing recalls with distraction(toys and a bag of hot dogs, and chingers was one of the only dogs that didn't pick something up! So, we graduate next week, then there is probably a week break and then we start training on Tuesday nights!
Alright, here are his pictures.........
Doing a tie out(he was checking to make sure I tied it correctly)
Same tie out, he was behaving SO nicely........most dogs were whining or barking.....
Attention Excercises........he did WONDERFUL! Look at how he looks at me....I love it!
Listening to the Trainer give a demonstration......
Okay, had enough of that.....What do we do now??
Waiting to Heel........
Heeling.......(Sorry bad pic, it was hard for him to focus with us moving)
Sit Stays.........He did so well.....
Down Stays!........His favorite!
Then we did this excercise where people had to weave in and out of other people, the people that were the "poles" had to keep their dog from reacting to the other dog that was walking by, and the person walking by had to control their dog too....it was fun and Chingers was the best, he didn't even try to sniff at the other dogs........
Us as the "pole"(notice the other dogs in the picture)
Us weaving........
And then Chingers cannot resist himself, this poor dog loves himself....seriousely....Everytime we go to training, he will plop his butt down and look at himself in the mirror......he sat like this for probably 3 minutes just staring!
And here he is just being pretty.......
And then about 3/4 of the way through, he just decided he needed a hug, he crawled up on me and just laid there for about a minute. It was very sweet.....
Congratulations to both of you! Job well done! It is quite apparent by the pics that he quite enjoys the classes!
Hmmmmm, I think I hear that there's this cute fuzzy pup who is going to get his human really, really interested in obedience competitions! Sounds to me as though Ching is a natural with you by his side!
Oh it would be so much fun to take him into obedience trials. I think he would do well, all I have to do is get him to let strangers pet him. I think he would even pass his CGC now if it weren't for that. He is fine with people holding his leash and ANYONE can feed him, he just doesn't like to be touched by people he doesn't know.
Kitty! HAHAHA!!!! So true! I will tell my trainer that on Wednesday. He is getting better.......there has been a few people who he had never met before and they were able to pet his muzzle, and my friend Michele was able to actually pick him up the other day......... :)
One day at a time..........
Dusty, He really was and he was the second to youngest in the class.......the youngest was a black lab that was 5 months old. Chi-Ching is six months. I am definitely a proud mommy.
He looks great--so happy to work with you. Have you considered doing Rally with him while you work on the touching-by-strangers issue? Rally doesn't have a stand for exam exercise, so for now, it might be a great fit for him.
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