Yesterday was the first obedience class of the new session for Miss Molly which I am doing with her....Popster does the agility class. The teacher for this class is Betty who looks just like Dr Ruth minus the accent! All the dogs but one were taking the class for a second or third time....Molly is not the only flunkie........so she decided to continue on from last session instead of from week one.
After doing some initial warm-ups on leash she split the class in half to do off leash heeling & u-turns. Of course I'm in the first group & having not worked with Molly off leash in class was a little nervous...to say the least! Last session I would have the leash around my neck but attached to Molly's collar. In fact that's what I started to do butDr Ruth Betty said "No I meant off leash!". We started off down the room & Molly was like "ooh no leash?" & decided to have a "Yahoo Spasz Attack"! It probably only lasted 15 secs before I was able to grab her but apparently another dog did the same thing so there was bedlam for about a minute!
When it was overDr Ruth Betty said:
"If your dog does that again I want you to walk right out the door. You will wait outside until we catch your dog & put him/her in a crate. When told you may come back into the building but you must walk to the other side of the room & ignore your dog. After the appropriate amount of time you may let your dog out & continue on with class"
During this lecture Molly is sitting in the perfect heel position listening very intently while I'm like okay now what Nana (that's an expression Josh always used when he was little)!
We did the exercise again & Molly was perfect......go figure!
I was telling Popster about it last night & he said he would have paid money to see me have to leave the building!
After doing some initial warm-ups on leash she split the class in half to do off leash heeling & u-turns. Of course I'm in the first group & having not worked with Molly off leash in class was a little nervous...to say the least! Last session I would have the leash around my neck but attached to Molly's collar. In fact that's what I started to do but
When it was over
"If your dog does that again I want you to walk right out the door. You will wait outside until we catch your dog & put him/her in a crate. When told you may come back into the building but you must walk to the other side of the room & ignore your dog. After the appropriate amount of time you may let your dog out & continue on with class"
During this lecture Molly is sitting in the perfect heel position listening very intently while I'm like okay now what Nana (that's an expression Josh always used when he was little)!
We did the exercise again & Molly was perfect......go figure!
I was telling Popster about it last night & he said he would have paid money to see me have to leave the building!
Good grief that's a bit mean! Poor Molly. I would have loved to see you leave the building you naughty, naughty dog owner.
ReplyDeleteDid you have to mention Dr. Ruth. Her image and voice are now stuck in my head. And the word penis is about to get yelled across the room in the same way that she says it.