Photon and Laura with our course completion certificate.
Tonight we finished our second obedience training course at Who’s Walking Who with a round of doggy games: relay races (dog has to come and then sit on command before a teammate can go); musical mats (dog heels with owner; when music is turned off, dog has to get to a mat and lie down for a set length of time.) Peter and Jon came to this class to watch and cheer us on and fun times were had by all.
We’ll definitely be taking an intermediate course in the fall because it’s fun and can lead to other interesting dog activities such as agility or rally obedience. I don’t think I’ll be going into canine freestyle (aka dancing with dogs); champion dogs in this sport are jaw-droppingly talented, but there is something inherently cheesy about doing dance routines to songs from Grease, or dressing up like Russian Cossacks. I like to think my dog has some dignity!