Well, Michael and Kirra finished their first obedience training class and it went well. She liked most of the dogs in the class - except for one German Shepherd, they did not like each other from day one so the owners needed to stay on opposite side of the arena. Of course, both of us need to be better parents and do more at-home training. Tonight Michael and Kirra return for pet manners II, and I started intermediate agility training on Monday night. It was so sad!!!!! Michael said that when Brianna and I left, Kirra just carried on for about 10-15 minutes - bouncing off the back door, crying, running to dad to see what happened - Kirra was not happy that mom and Brianna left without her (:
Also the weekend of Valentine's Michael, Kirra, Brianna and I went to the AKC trial in Lawrence, KS. Kirra was - again - not happy that her sister got to leave the crate and she couldn't go with her. We won't talk about how well (not) that Brianna and I did. Unfortunately no pictures (: Michael forgot to bring the camera!!!!
One thing we have noticed about Kirra - she does not give kisses. All our other dogs just love to smooch on us...so...not to be deterred, we've put peanut butter on our lips and she'll "kiss" to get the peanut butter. She's getting better because now she will let me kiss her forehead and the side of her face - originally she would bolt if I came that close.
All in all, we are all doing well and looking forward to spring and grass.
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Great job with Kirra! And I'm sure Brianna did great at her AKC trial. With BCs, usually the dog does great and the handlers (us!) are busy pointing our shoulders the wrong way or distracting them and making them drop bars. :-) Post more photos!
ReplyDeleteHi Sharon! It was a good practice weekend, but we didn't get any ribbons (: On one run she decided that checking outside the ring was more fun than listening to mom. Oh well, we continuing our lessons and will compete on mother's day weekend. Hopefully I've learned more ways to convince mom is the best to go to when she says 'come.' How are you doing??? We're working on more photos!!
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