Thor matriculates
I must admit that I haven't been doing my part to help Thor keep his New Year's Resoutions. It's very tough for such a motivated, driven dog like Thor to be partnered with a lazy owner such as myself.
HOWEVER, we did get to take our first formal class together, Intro to Nose Work! It was a very fun, low key way to work with Thor in a training session. The instructor even says that Thor is ready for Intro to Odor, in which we will work with our first official odor (birch).
I took the classes with Sirius, and I can't recommend them highly enough. Check them out if you are in the Bay Area:
http://www.siriuspup.com/
The next "nose" class won't be until the Fall. In the meantime, Thor and I will most likely take a real obedience class with the same school. I expect this to be more difficult for him, as he is still quite uncomfortable around dogs larger than him. We are waiting to see if the class will be small enough (both in number of dogs, and size of dogs) for us to be able to enter.
HOWEVER, we did get to take our first formal class together, Intro to Nose Work! It was a very fun, low key way to work with Thor in a training session. The instructor even says that Thor is ready for Intro to Odor, in which we will work with our first official odor (birch).
I took the classes with Sirius, and I can't recommend them highly enough. Check them out if you are in the Bay Area:
http://www.siriuspup.com/
The next "nose" class won't be until the Fall. In the meantime, Thor and I will most likely take a real obedience class with the same school. I expect this to be more difficult for him, as he is still quite uncomfortable around dogs larger than him. We are waiting to see if the class will be small enough (both in number of dogs, and size of dogs) for us to be able to enter.
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I will say this, that's a fancy certificate. Eddie got nothing! Congratulations, Thor. It sounds like you did great despite your lazy mama! Eddie, btw, is currently enrolled in Nose Work II, which sounds similar to your Intro to Odor class. He says he'll give Thor tips if he sends him all his toys. | |
Posted 06-11-2010 at 11:31 PM by alaskayorkie |