#anyway I have multiple disagreements with the CGC requirements but at this place you're supposed to take the CGC class before you take any | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

triangle-dog · 1 year

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New session of classes (and hopefully I won't forget to write about half of them this time).

Nova was surprisingly excited when we pulled in. Like, almost 'we've arrived at the park' level of excitement. I guess she missed having class during the break between sessions? She had been being happy to arrive at the building, but it wasn't this level of excited and ready to go.

It's a new area to train in and with new dogs so she was more distracted this time than she had been during the last few classes of last session, but still nothing like that first class where she was very confused and concerned about walking in circles and being followed. She was lagging in her heel - which is unusual because she's typically forging ahead. I think she was trying to take in the new sights/sounds/smells and if so that's a huge improvement in her comfort from trying to pull off to a corner to observe from. Some of it might have been a pacing issue, she kept her heel much better when we were going faster.

Since I mentioned Nova has a decent downstay we're up first to practice the supervised separation next week. Eep. So we'll be trying to practice that in more stressful situations beforehand. Nova will not willingly go with a stranger, but I'm hoping a downstay and just incidentally having a stranger holding the leash will be comfortable enough for her.

#while we do work on being friendly to the vet staff I have never felt the need to train her to go with strangers #when she was a youngster there was one suspicious event that may have been an attempt at dog theft #but if it was it went laughably badly because she just stood there half a field away and watched the person trying to tempt her over #anyway I have multiple disagreements with the CGC requirements but at this place you're supposed to take the CGC class before you take any #of the sports/fun ones so 🤷#I don't mind because it's good practice for Nova to learn the class environment without also having to learn something more challenging at #the same time #plus it's funny to both have the best trained dog in class and the least likely dog to earn the CGC at the end #'The dog must show no signs of shyness' my beloathed #she doesn't bite so what's wrong with not being a golden retriever?#she's very polite about turning people down #if you ignore the more subtle body language and keep reaching for her she just slowly creeps behind me #it's clear to even the least dog educated folks while not being alarming like hackles or growling #my critters #I speak

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