Dog Trainer is Impressed With Me by Abby

After being off for a week from my dog training class to let my trainer go on vacation, I was happy to be back.  My trainer keeps telling Karen and Gerard what an "awesome" dog I am and that they were really lucky to get me.  Many shelter dogs have issues like Killer and Odot have.  They are very scared and Odot doesn't listen at all to her owner when she's outside.  Killer pretty much is afraid of everything, even the little bell his owners used to try to get him to go outside to do his business. 

I made her laugh last Saturday when I barked to let her know when Chewy moved and didn't do it right and called me a "tattletail."  I was just trying to help.  She tried setting me up to do it to show Karen and Gerard what I do, but I didn't do it then.  She said I was very alert and have a lot going on in my head.  I'm not sure I really like her letting my owners know my secrets.  She's very perceptive!  

We had fun practicing stay, wait and walking with our owners without the leash!  Gerard was surprised I did it but Karen wasn't surprised at all because she pracitices with me doing that around the house and knew I could.  I did follow Chewy though for part of the way.  She weighs 90 lbs. and we are now friends.  Odot made me look very good when she grabbed the trainer's glasses that were in the glass case laying on the bench.  It was funny!  Karen laughed and Odot's owner was embarrassed but got the glasses out of Odot's mouth with no problem.

I only have two classes left.  My trainer says we're going to work on some fun things next week--can't wait!  Maybe I'll learn a trick or two.  Woof!  Woof!