Never mind.
So a couple of weeks ago, I told you about our first Puppy Kindergarten class at PetSmart.
Pure. Chaos.
Well now I have PICTURES.
Rowina's class is filled with a pretty relaxed group of puppies
*This cotton ball on legs is Saban :)
*Prancer is not relaxed... but Prancer is so darn cute it doesn't matter.
The class had a test. The dogs had to maneuver an obstacle course.
See the obvious space between toys and treats? ROWINA.
The dogs were to start by sitting and then go into loose-leash walking beside the treats without taking any of them (the command was LEAVE IT). At the end of the line of treats and toys, they had to sit and then lay down. Then they were supposed to walk back down the line without eating any of the treats and sit again.
When it was our turn to do the obstacle course, Rowina wouldn't budge.
We had to physically place her at the beginning of the course, and sitting wasn't on her agenda. She ate a treat and I basically had to haul her down the obstacle course. No sitting, no laying, no LEAVE IT. She was the worst in the group. It was like she had been hanging out in the Mystery Van with Shaggy instead of being trained.
ROIKS!
I wish that I had a picture of my children's faces. They were so ashamed of Rowina's performance.
Our instructor asked everyone to go a second time and Rowina NAILED it. I mean stinkin' perfect! The kids were elated.
We moved on to the STAY command. STAY worked pretty well except for one minor glitch - The Boy wore Heely's to PetSmart. So the experience went like...
My Mommy says STAY! I can STAY.
See? I really can STAY. Give me the treat cause I am good at...oh look!
There goes my boy rolling by. I need to chase him. Okay okay, let me try again.
I can STAY... just look how good I STAY! Let me have the treat cause... oh, there's my boy again! He is zooming by me so I need to play with him... huh, what? You wanted me to STAY?
By the time we were on our way home I had developed a nervous tick...
... and these two rascals
...thought it was funny.
It wasn't.
Regardless of how I felt about, I'm linking this post to the Life is Funny Blog Carnival.



