savri dream 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Me and Alfie went to our puppy class on Monday, Now my little boy is quite a smart cookie at home does all kind of tricks and pays attention pretty well. Oh my not the case at puppy class he was so distracted by all the other dogs with their owners, i was the last to arrive that's me always running late so all the other dogs had pretty much sniffed each other. Alfie went through the door and started barking his little head off and was a little sheepish so i'm assuming this was a nervous bark. As i say when the class got under way he was really distracted it made me realise how much work i need to do with him to get him socialised, at playtime when we let our dogs off the leads i felt sorry for the little guy, there was only six in the class but all the other dogs were four times his size you could see that he wanted to play but when the other dogs ran after him he wanted to get behind my legs, at one point all the other dogs were round him sniffing and he just stood totally still which the trainer said that was quite good manners. We have started clicker training and he's responding quite well at home, i'm very hopeful about the class and i do think that Alfie enjoyed himself. We'll see what happens next week, I gave Alfie a haircut too so just thought i'd stick some pictures on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baby_love 1 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 What a cutie! My experience also was that the first night of class was really hard. Thanks for letting us know how it went! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Emma's mommy 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Thanks for the update and pics. I'm sure Alfie will do fine in his class. It sounds like you both had fun. Alfie's cut is really cute too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wicket's mom 1 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Sounds like Alfie is not starting off to bad in his puppy class. Wicket was very vocal coming in when he went to classes too, but it got better towards the end. Thanks for the update! You did a great job with his haircut, he looks fabulous! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tzuhouse 4 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Hi Terrie, wow, Alfie is a little doll baby. You will see he will get better at each class....first one is always a struggle cause every thing and every scent and every dog is new....hang in there, you will be so glad you did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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