To Ursa for passing her AKC Canine Good Citizenship test today as well as graduating from her Advanced Training class.

Ursa did wonderfully today, in fact much better than we expected her to do.  We went into todays class expecting every step of the CGC test to be a struggle but Ursa pretty much blew right through every step of the test with flying colors. 

Of course, a big special thanks to Amy our most favorite dog trainer of all time for all her help to get a very independent thinking Pyrenees puppy from beginner training all the way through advanced training.

Now to get the two Newfs through the class this next 6 weeks.

As I am sitting on the couch relaxing I hear this strange sound coming from around the corner in the laundry room. My first thought is, dang those cats are sure making a lot of noise for eating cat food. I then realize that it is just too much noise for the cats, so I go to investigate. What should I find but that our fine young Newf boy, Fargo had figured out that the locking babygate wasn’t locked. Not only had he cleaned out the cat food bowl but he was currently in the proccess of tearing apart the cat litter box to get the goodies out of it. There was cat litter scattered all over the floor of the laundry room!

That will teach me not to lock the babygate !

Today was Intermediate Obedience graduation day for the Newfs! They both did really well on their “final exams”. Fargo easily won the pushup contest and Sadie blew everyone else away on staying with distractions. Sadly both were shamed by the Border Collie in our class when it came to the speed drills!

Fargo’s graduation picture:

Sadie’s graduation picture:

They’ll be taking a well deserved (and much needed) couple of weeks off before starting Advanced Obedience at the beginning of next month.