Well we went to class Monday night and Oz did great. I decided
to use the harnass to walk him into Petsmart and was going to
replace it, once we got there, with the training collar. But the
instructor never said anything to me, so I decided to just use
the harnass, since he was walking so good with it. Much better
than the other dogs in the class (2 lab mixes, Rat Terrier and
a Westie), who where using training collars. He was the
only dog not pulling or refusing to walk. Walked right beside
me and didn't get too distracted by all the noise and activity
going on in the store. WooHoo!

He whined a lil' when we got there, because he wanted to play
really bad with the Westie, probably because she looked so
much like Murph. But the Westie was a lil' intimidated by his
size, so I was keeping him from pouncing on her. Thank zeus
this only lasted about 5 mins, because he's got a high pitched
whine. Tiz like fingernails down a chalkboard.

I feel real sorry for the lady with the Rat Terrier. I wanted to
give her some advice, like to stop saying sit..sit..sit..sit..sit..
continuously, but never actually havng the dog sit. Or saying
sit..sit..sit..sit.., while they were walking, instead of stopping
first, then saying sit. Her dog looks so confused and it's not
like terriers naturally pay attention, so what she's doing is just
making it worse. But I didn't say anything, because I figure it's
the instructor's class and I didn't want to step on any toes.

Anywho, he loved class and now that I can relax about the leash
thing I think we're gonna really have fun.

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