It's Been A While

It's been a while since I posted.
It's been a while since I trained the levels.
It's just been a while...

However, Jackson has made it through Puppy Basic Manners 1, Puppy Basic Manners 2, and is almost finished with Performance Puppy Class. He, also, did Puppy Socialization classes and those went very well. It turns out he is the youngest in his 'group'. His 'group' is the same puppies that he started out with in puppy basic manners 1. These are the great pups and owners we got to know during puppy socialization. I'm positive this has made ALL the difference for him.

This weekend, he's even going to be competing in his very first APDT Rally Trial. Not only is it his first trial, it's my first trial also. This should prove to be VERY interesting. I can only hope I manage to keep it fun and don't let my competitive side take over.

In the past four months, I've also managed to work through a lot of Brianna's food issues. She's eating her meals much better now. She's also progressed in how often she'll take a treat in public. I'm still working on building toy drive in her. I feel that would be a great help during classes and such. Though as it stands now, she's regressed when she has to do anything during training class. It might have something to do with the fact that her class is after Jackson's. So she's already spent an hour in the crate, whining during class. Yes I know, we're working on her crate training some more.

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