Im very proud of my little monster. We went to PAWSwalk today, a big event for a local shelter, and they had an area to take the CGC test. So after much deliberation I decided to go for it. And... Royal passed with flying colors! He aced everything and was definitely on his best behavior (phew!) lol.
In other news, we had our first intermediate obedience class today. Its at the training studio I work at so my good friend/colleague is teaching the class which is fun. Its great practice to have other dogs around, plus to be in the studio which is pretty much Royal's favorite place to go, but we also go out in the city and practice leave it, heel, stay, recall, etc with all the distractions of the real world. Its nice to have that time to practice and just focus on his training and goals for an hour. Plus its great having other people help set up different training situations.
My goal is to pass the delta society pet partners test in January when Royal is old enough, so he can be a therapy dog. Im really proud of where he's at right now, but he is defintely a much different dog to train than Brock which at times is frustrating. Though the things that make training a challenge sometimes are also some of the key things that make him a great therapy candidate over Brock.
Are there any PTers that do therapy work?? Im really curious to know more about what its really like. I think Id most enjoy working with kids, Royal is so great with them too. Im thinking of maybe starting with Reading With Rover, a program we have here that promotes literacy in kids. I will likely end up taking a course on training the *handler* how to be a pet partner; theres a great class I found in the area that offers it and it focuses on preparing the handler for doing therapy work. ANYHOO, so any info/tips/advice on what to expect from TD work is welcome!
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