Saturday, April 6, 2013

PetSmart evaluation day - which level of obedience does Leia qualify for?

It has been one month and four days since I adopted my 70 pound shadow from CPR. Today I took Leia, formerly known as Lessie, to PetSmart to be evaluated by a trainer that I spoke to on the phone. Thanks to Kathy Ivey Cagle,John EcholsBecky Elmore McLellan and all the other staff and volunteers that I may never meet in person at Canine Pet Rescue, Leia is officially skipping "Beginner Obedience" and jumping right into the six-week "Intermediate Obedience" on April 27th!!! She also showed off some more commands that aren't even introduced until midway through the course! To help with her leash pulling I purchased a "Gentle Leader" and Leia was loose-leash walking like a real champ throughout the store for 40minutes or so as I let her sniff and sniff to celebrate. For those of you who didn't know, she was already loose leash running from day one. Now we can really enjoy our time at the parks and trails when we slow down the pace. 

I say all of this as a humongous "thank you" for all the long hours, rainy day walks, poop scooping, ball tossing, play-nipped fingers, ruined shoes, ruined vacuums, all of it...just thank you! Leia is really on her way to Advance Obedience really soon and a Canine Good Citizen Title. Hopefully we can find a Therapy Dog instructor soon so we can spread the love :) God bless and good night.

1 comment:

  1. Woo Hoo, go Leia. How smart you are, that you get to skip Basic Obedience. She truly is a special girl. Can't wait to hear the details of her in Intermediate class. Keep us updated... with pictures. :)

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