Puppy Pre-School: Day 1
Jack had his first Puppy Pre-School session today with Aaron. When we arrived at the local vet’s where the pre-school is held Jack was rather nervous (even though there were only 2 other puppies there). A couple of minutes later and the place was PACKED with puppies of all shapes and sizes.
We sat between a cute wee Foxy named Roxy who was the same age as Jack but a quarter the size, and a lovely wee Spoodle named Ellie who was the same size as Jack but 4 weeks older. The spoodle and labradoodle look so much alike, and both were generally well-behaved (Ellie especially so) – I can’t wait to see the size difference next week.
Jack had so much fun playing with Bess (the hyper dog), Hugo (the Bulldog), Roxy the Foxy and Ellie – and all the other dogs whose names I can’t remember, but I’m sure will get to know in the coming weeks. Everyone that was there were wonderful, and we all got to give all the dogs lots of hugs and cuddles – Jack, as usual – lapped up all the attention.
He was actually really funny – wanting (or should that be NEEDING) to be involved in EVERYTHING that was going on, and generally couldn’t sit still for 30 seconds.
I was dreading the whole “we’ll hold Jack around the corner – you call him, give me a treat when he comes, then get him to sit, and then lie down”… Well, Jack does “come” (sometimes) and “sits” every 3rd or 4th time, but I hadn’t tried “down” yet – so when it was our turn I was rather concerned.. It doesn’t help that I am generally anti-social with people I don’t know, and detest being made to perform like a seal in front of others (comes with being an IT geek I suppose).
Anyway, Jack got held around the corner and I said “Come Jack, cmon mate, Come Jack” and we came roaring around the corner…. and then got sidetracked by one of his new friends. A little more prompting and he cam racing up, but instead of stopping he just wanted to wag his tail, jump up and give me a kiss. Then I produced the treat for coming, and of course he sat without prompting. So, I had to pick him up, get him to sit (easy peasy), and then suprisingly got him to go “down” first try. Then he followed me all the way back past all his friends to sit and my feet back at my seat. He was such a good boy.
When we got home, he instantly Came, Sat and Lay Down – such a good boy and so intelligent!
Right now he’s stuffed – but I bet he can’t wait till next week 
Aaron
