New Lessons

Yesterday we went to Rachel's for Flash's lesson. Once there we got stuck in Rachel's bead room for awhile. I was also impressed with her dog kennels and all the dogs! It was whippet city, not counting the boarder, a very nice rottweiller. The whippets were adorable.

While Rachel was showing me around, Flash got an opportunity to socialize with the dogs and I think he did very well. When we finally got around to working, Flash and Rachel reviewed and extended his Go-Go's. The next step in this exercise is to use a smaller target. Instead of the footstool we are using at home, I will use something smaller--a lid or something.

Then we did a new trick: the Hold. In this exercise Flash must take an object in his mouth and hold it until released with the Give command.

Flash gave it a good try, but he really didn't want to hold it very long. Practice, practice, practice.