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Keep in mind Cody is 3 y/o and I adopted him almost 10 months ago.
I must have walked 10 miles today, so the session was Cody and one other student dog. 15 minutes into the session the trainer brings in her Border Collie as a decoy. Cody was taught when he looked at the other dogs and started to pull towards them, I am to tug on the leash and say “leave it” and walk in the opposite direction. He caught on fairly quickly and got many treats, but of course this has to be practiced. I was told since I live in an area where there are no dogs, take him to town. That should be fun. Some insane woman with this more insane lil lunging dog walking in town telling dog to “leave it” ppl looking for what the dog was trying to eat that this lady is telling the dog to “leave it? Then walking in opposite direction. At one point the trainer was just talking to us, the owner of the other dog (I THINK she had a miniature Doberman, a very large one, it looked more like a miniature grey hound, it could be another breed but that’s what it looked like to me) She asks the trainer what breed is my dog!!!!!!! The trainer said yorkie, then trainer calls over to me and says “Cody is a yorkie right” I say yes, this girl says to me “are you sure” I say am I sure of what” she says he looks mixed, are you sure he’s all yorkie, I say why would you say he looks mixed, she says because any yorkie
I ever saw is very small. I say, yorkie size standard is under 7 lbs, there are many larger yorkies than Cody, (Cody is close to 13 lbs he is a little tall , but his body is not long or wide) you may not have seen any or noticed them. Yorkies come in all weights and sizes. Not all are breed to standard size. She continued saying he looked mixed. I had to ignore her I was there for lessons not to dispute dog breed. I just LOVE when ppl know nothing about other breeds but will insist your yorkie doesn’t look like a yorkie. But all in all the first session with Cody and 2 other dogs went I think quite well. This was probably the first time Cody was in close company with other dogs. I asked the trainer if it was too early for her to determine why he behaves so badly, she said he was never socialized with other dogs. So we will practice this week.