We Did It

It could be said that the 3rd times the charm. Shaker passed his final exam from puppy class last night without reacting.  Whoooooo Hooooooo!!!!!!

The only thing I worried about was the "find fronts."  Not because I didn't think he could do them, because he has rocket recall and gorgeous fronts, but because the baby Golden Retriever was being handled by a child last night.  Now it wouldn't be a problem (the kid thing) but she had never been around Shaker and she kept letting the lead out for the Golden to "play" with Shaker.  Trust me having a baby Golden Retriever jump in Shaker's face is not Shaker's idea of playtime.  

Gratefully the instructor asked if I wanted to do the recall to front outside of the ring. Ordinarily, this would be riskier than in the ring, but not last night.  Shaker did a beautiful down stay, and recall to front in 3 times!  Good Boy Shaker Baby!

Then it was time for our trick.  The trick we worked on was, "How do you meet people?" and then he offers his left paw.  (Yeah I tried to get him to offer his right paw but decided to leave that for another day.) He did it beautifully.  Oh what a good boy.

Then to ice the cake it was time for pictures.  Shaker allowed the mortar board and gave me a beautiful watch for pretty pictures.  Then it was time for the Golden.  What a hoot!  The Golden was not having the whole hat thing much less stay or watch.  This comedy show went on for about 5 mins., and my Shaker Baby just laid at my feet watching.  I was so proud of him I about burst!  Good Boy Shaker Baby!