Another Night at Dog School

Last night was night three of dog school. Emme's classmates (dogmates?) included an Irish Setter, a Puggle, and a Papillion. We continued to work on sit, stand, touch, walk on a loose leash, and other commands.

Using the clicker in a room full of dogs seems workable. Each dog seems to listen for their owner's clicker in a room full of noise and other clickers. We each had to make a version of "doggy trail mix." This is a combination of dry food used as treats. Emme's mix includes Cheerios, Cheetos air balls, and left over Cinnamon Toast cereal from Dylan's visit. She seems to like all that fine. When I throw in a couple pieces of kibble into the mix she acts like she is being cheated. She sits; I click, and give her a piece of dry kibble. She sniffs it and then looks up like "What's this? Where are the Cheerios?"

Emme loves to play clicker so she is excited to go to dog school. She is fascinated by the other dogs and this often proves to be a distraction. She is better at home than in class, but I guess that is to be expected. Both she and I, however, are learning a lot.