Puppy School Part 2-Intermediate class

Since Winston did such an amazing job in the puppy class....he and I thought we should just keep it going. Therefore, we now are in the Intermediate class. Winston is so cute...he really loves going to class. Last week he got sick you know, so we went to our make up class on Saturday. He was making me laugh....

We arrived a little early, but he couldn't wait for it to start. He kept going to the door and sitting. He could hear our trainer Angela's voice on the other side. It was one of the cutest things ever. Well this class is a bit more challenging than puppy school was.

what a sweet boy

Chris and Winston waiting

turning when he would hear her voice...

In the puppy class we walked away knowing how to:

• sit
• lay
• stay
• come when called
• lose leash walk
• puppy push ups (go from sit to lay a couple of times)
• leave it (walk past something and not go for it)
• shake

In our Intermediate class we have learned so far:

• stay, walk away, and come when called
• stay...not move when a ball is bounced by him
• stay....have toys dropped around him and LEAVE IT, not move
• stay....have treats dropped around him and LEAVE it, not move
• stay, we walk away ask him to lay...he does it. Then drop some toys...he has to leave it and not move
• Heel up....where he sits to the right and then begins to walk as you do, not passing your body
• Turns and speed (we just started this one!)

For the most part he seems to be doing pretty well. However, on Saturday he was having a problem staying! I am not sure if it was the joy of being back at class or what, but we have to fix that. It is kind of fun to be able to have him sit and drop stuff....him not move! Now we have just begun the walking with speed, where he knows when to go slow or fast by command. Also making turns on command. This week we will work more on these 2 things, plus much more! If you didn't notice...LEAVE IT is in almost every trick. On top of that we are going to begin our distance commands...where we can be across the room shout a command and he will listen. I hope we can walk away with our little boy heeling and leaving things as told from any distance.