Chipper and his CGC test

[Fett]

Also, you didn't bring food into the testing area, did you? Were they smelling for treats outside the testing area?

They allowed us to keep treats off to the side where our chairs were, but couldn't have any treats on the person while doing the actual testing. Up until the test everything was based of giving them treats, so it was a bit different once the treats were taken away. Chipper sometimes kept pulling back towards the chairs where I was sitting because he knew I was the one holding the treat bag, not Kim who was leading him away from the treats. LOL

So, once he did his skill, they allowed him to go back to the side and get his treat rewards.

[Logan]

Congratulations, Chipper! You guys have worked wonders with this boy, Kimmy and Andy. I'm so glad that he is thriving and such a good boy!

I miss my therapy girl, Lilly, so much. I need another Golden like her, one day. She would have passed that test with flying colors, for sure.

Logan

[ramanth]

So you have to stay and wait till everybody takes the test? You can't just leave afterwards?

Also, you didn't bring food into the testing area, did you? Were they smelling for treats outside the testing area?

Sorry to ask so many questions but I really want Fenway to pass. He's not the brightest lightbulb in the bunch. I love him to death but he'd rather hunt for critters than stay for 3 mintues.

Well, we were offered two options for taking the test. Either we could complete all the lessons one at a time and then leave when we were done.

Or, what we did, was say... Beth gets up and completes lesson 1 with her dog, then the other woman, then me, and so on...then the second lesson, she'd start at Beth, and so on. So we weren't completing the lessons all at once. It was actually nice since we weren't put on the spot to do all the lessons.

Like Andy said, we couldn't have treats on our person out in the center of the room, but we could give them treats after each lesson.

Chipper's obedience class was held at a doggy day care and the previous puppy class didn't take a CGC test and so there were crumbs of treats on the floor.

[Cincy'sMom]

Congratulations Chipper!! I think you and yous sister could both be wonderful therapy dogs. I know my three sure enjoy doing it!!

[K9soul]

That's awesome! Congratulations Chipper boy! I really think Raven would be capable of passing it at some point. She's very focused in training classes, but she still has a lot of puppy wildness to her too, when it comes to wanting to meet new people . Also if she gets bored, she starts getting distracted more. But she did really well in her puppy and basic classes. I'm enrolling her in intermediate soon.

[cloverfdx]

Yay congratulations Kimmy and Chipper .

[sabies]

Congratulations!

[anna_66]

Wonderful to hear! Congrats Chipper!!