Another Graduation, and Another New Class.

Last week Cooper graduated from Advanced Puppy Obedience, and the next day we started Level 1 Obedience. I was a little worried because he is the youngest dog in our class. There is a 7 month old lab mix, and the rest are a year and older. There was even another Dane, Sophie a 16 month old fawn that is used for show. Cooper did great his first night. He pretty much aced everything, except his sit-stay by my side. The instructor required that while she was talking and giving instruction, all dogs needed to be sitting by our side, Cooper would always sit, but he would only stay that way for a minute or two and then he would stand up. He actually seems to do his sit-stay better when I sit him and then walk away, as long as he can see me he stays for quite awhile. He has a pretty solid wait, we ask him to wait before going through a door, he will sit outside on the step for quite some time, even several minutes until I tell him "all done" to release him from the wait. Hopefully his training will continue to go well, as our plans for him include getting his Canine Good Citizen and using him as a Therapy Dog. I would also be interested in doing Rally Obedience.