[alaskayorkie]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Oh my, that is so funny failing for "excessive licking". I cracked up on that one, they should be so lucky to have a dog like that! Good for you for teaching her to control herself, she doesn't want hospital patients to think she's "easy". Congratulations Mike, that's really special that you have taken the time to teach your dogs this, any other breed and I would think "big deal", but I really think it's so much more difficult to teach independent Yorkies. I’m sure Eddie, Jillie and you will spread some real happiness!

Thanks, everybody! And, Nancy, I agree with you. Jillie has been a challenge -- she's so free-thinking and spirited. Eddie had taken a dozen obedience classes before he took the test, and I was confident he could pull it off. He was the exception. Jillie's only taken a couple classes, so I wasn't sure. She's a little more difficult to handle in a controlled setting, but she can be managed. I just hope she enjoys it. I'm thinking now that the test is over, we can relax and just have fun on visits. She should like it.