Jack will be six months old next week, so we decided it was time for him to go to puppy school.
He had his first session this morning and was a little calmer than I expected, considering that he’s been a wild terror most of the time.
We worked on training with a clicker and teaching him to focus with mixed, but encouraging results. He is one of six dogs in the class, ranging in size from a miniature poodle to a great Dane. He seems to be most friendly/interested in Cowboy, a miniature red merle Aussie with piercing white eyes who lives on a farm a few miles from us. Who knows? Maybe we’ll arrange a play date for them.
I haven’t weighed Jack lately, but he’s about a tall as Pete and probably weighs around 45 pounds.
The classes meet Saturday mornings for the next five weeks at a local pet supply store and the instructor is the kind of woman who exudes a quiet confidence and patience.
We also have the contact information for a local woman who trains Aussies for agility competition, an activity that would also promote human fitness.
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