Puppy Foundation Class - Wks 3 & 4

For wk 3, we were given the task of teaching our puppies to bow, and when it came to it, Maddy was the star of the show and won a lovely rosette and a tug toy for doing the best bow in the class, so I was the proudest puppy mummy in the class.

Wk 4, Assessment Wk - Couldn´t believe it today, we had been set another trick to practise which was "touch". Basically, this involves getting the dog to touch us with their paw and again, we won the rosette and another tug toy for Maddy´s "touch". The instructor can get her dog to touch her anywhere...if she holds out her hand or foot, her dog will touch with her paw. We´re not quite up to that standard yet!

We were also assessed on keeping our dog´s attention when standing chatting to other people (ie not letting them jump up at people), passing other people and dogs while keeping the dog´s attention etc, as well as sit, stay, watch, down, stand. Needless to say, all the pups were brilliant and really all passed with flying colours.

I´m now aiming to do Bronze with Maddy and Silver with Millie. Can´t wait!!!!