Puppy Obedience School

TJ started his Puppy Obedience School Training last night. It was mostly instructions the first night. TJ would not sit still though- he is the antsy puppy in the class. The instructor has the best behaved German Sheperd- I bet everyone thinks their dog will act like him at the end of the class =) The class is 8 weeks and each week we will have a homework assignment. This week we have to think of rules we want to enforce with him and also work on walking with him. This morning I put chili pepper in our potted plants because he likes to play with the dirt- I'll see if there is any dirt on the floor tonight. We walk him a lot, but he is beginning to pull us. So, it will be work to get to him understand to walk beside us. We got him a training collar, so hopefully that will help us out. It was fun to be around the other types of dogs and owners. A lot of the other owners have the same problems that we do with jumping and digging- so it is nice to hear the instructors suggestions on how to stop these behaviors. Only 7 more classes until his graduation!