Puppy Class!

I didn't post yesterday but you didn't miss much! From Monday through Thursday I go back over to my old house and play with Phoenix, Callie, and Camden! ALL DAY LONG! We play and play and have so much fun and then I come home and I am tired. And we play more and I chew my bone and I eat dinner and we go outside.

Tuesdays are great! Do you know why? I figured it out today. I get picked up from playing with the other pups and I go to my new house and we go outside more and I maybe I try to play with a kitty or a toy and then we get back in the car and we go back to my old house! But when we get back there are LOTS of puppies! We are in Basic Obedience class. And we all sit in the barn, sometimes quietly and nicely and sometimes not, and then we practice lots of commands and get LOTS OF TREATS! I really wanted to meet all the other puppies today, though. I wish they would have let me play. I've been through this class already so I don't think I need it again. I like the puppies though, I have so many friends.

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I am going through basic obedience with Westin because I have never done it before, and I have a lot to learn. The practice is good for him, and it helps him get used to listening to me. I learn a lot of exercises to do with him at home. Some of them are especially important for Westin as a future service dog, such as "stand" and "watch me." We have a lot of homework to do! Westin is having a hard time right now with "stay" - not because he doesn't stay in one spot, but if I leave him in a sitting position and tell him to "stay," he lays down! He isn't supposed to do that... He is also having a hard time with his crate. He never had at issues over at Dot's house, but Dot and I think that this might be his way of testing me. We don't want him to dislike it, so we have been coaxing him into it with treats. Good thing Westin is motivated by food! His favorite is cheese :)

Westin met Nana and Grampa's dog, Bonnie, last night. They got along great! Aunt Julia was also there with her 3-legged toy poodle, but Westin didn't really realize that he was alive. Westin also took one of Bonnie's toys and held it in his mouth the entire time we were there! Good thing he gives when he is asked, or that could have been a real struggle.