Last Puppy Class!

Carter graduated!! I am so proud of my puppy!! He is the best :D We went to class again this past Monday and finished out kindergarten! It ended up only being two dogs again- Carter and Tulula(What Krystal would call a toy dog. lol LOVE that name! haha).

Since last week Lorainne basically said we were good to move on, she had us practice for the Canine Good Citizen test. John and I are interested in doing it for Carter, Tulula's owners didnt want to, so I felt kinda bad that's what we spent our time doing. oh well!

To get the certificate you have to do the following tests-

Test 1: Accepting a friendly stranger - Carter was of course great with this one because he loves EVERYONE!

Test 2: Sitting politely for petting- Carter had bit of a hard time because he gets so excited, so we need to work on this one some

Test 3: Appearance and grooming- For this one a stranger has to be able to touch his paws and brush him- Carter did good with this one too. We didnt have a brush, so I am afraid he may think it's a toy and want to chew it. So we will need to practice this one too.

Test 4: Out for a walk (walking on a loose lead)- Great at this one (with treats of course!)

Test 5: Walking through a crowd- he did a great job! He looked at me and the treat the whole time (you can treat them during the test too)!!

Test 6: Sit and down on command and Staying in place- Carter has a hard time sitting and staying- he just ends up laying down. lol. We also need to practice staying longer, along with actually sitting the whole time.

Test 7: Coming when called- great at this! he was even this time with distractions!

Test 8: Reaction to another dog- He gets excited and wants to play, but he is never aggressive, so he would pass.

Test 9: Reaction to distraction- Great at this one too. things dont scare him and he doesnt get aggressive either. YAY!

Test 10: Supervised separation- Lorianne held his leash and I walked away and hid behind a car. Other than getting distracted by another dog, he didnt whine or pull for me or anything! So that is great! :D

We have a few things we need to work on to pass, but he is close! :D While we were practicing each of these steps, when we would ask Carter to practice something he would just roll over and he kept doing it and kept doing it. it was SO cute and hilarious. We have been practicing with him at home and apparently he thought that's what we wanted in class. lol

Carter got a certificate at the end saying he graduated! SO PROUD! :D He has improved SO much since being in that class and I am so proud of him!

On a not so good note, we are dog sitting like I mentioned before and where I hoped we would be able to train Carter during this time, he has taken on some of Cliffords characteristics instead:( He has stopped listening as good and has picked up habits like pulling trash out of the cans. We are gunna have to fix this QUICK before we go home. It's very frustrating. They also just play and play and play (at least I think it's playing) and never want to sleep, so we have had to take Clifford home every night, otherwise none of us would sleep. There have been some cute moments,but mostly they are driving me crazy. They are just trained very different, so it makes it really hard to feed, walk, sleep, etc. Clifford also misses his mom really bad and so he sprayed our apartment (UGH, VERY FRUSTRATING!) and he also peed all over hers too :( She also had her apartment painted yesterday and we didnt realize they blocked the dog door and he also pooped all over it and then ran in it and spread it everywhere. Fun times. Anyway, I am glad we could watch him so he didnt have to be alone the whole time she was gone, but I think we are both ready for her to be back. And I am ready to take a vacation!!!!