Dog school

Wednesday night was day two of Home Obedience I for Buddy and I.  My daughter went along, as well.  He did fantastic!  Well, if you don’t count the barking and lunging at other dogs.

He learned and seemed to master the “down.”  We worked on “sit,” “down,” sit,” and “stand,” and by the end of class he was rockin’ it!  Samantha practiced with him today, and he was still doing great, so it seems to have “stuck.”  Go Buddy!  (We don’t need to tell anyone this is your 2nd time through class, now, do we?)

Buddy’s unpredictable around other dogs when he’s on leash.  The instructors there and the vet say this is because he wasn’t socialized as a pup.  So we’ve signed him up for — don’t laugh — dog playgroup to be around other dogs.  He likes other dogs and wants to play, but lunging and barking (the only time he barks.  Hello, I almost missed the pizza man tonight, Buddy!!) doesn’t make us friends.  Our first playgroup is tomorrow night.  I’m kinda excited.  I’ll let you know how it goes!