Maggie Graduates

As you may or may not know, we've been taking our new puppy, Maggie, to dog training at Pet Smart. It was great except that my smart Miss Maggie already knew everything that they were teaching us and some other stuff because I had been training her at home from the very first day we got her. So she is the star pupil there. Well, needless to say, she graduated with flying colors.

Dillon and she are the best of friends, in fact, Dillon and most dogs seem to be the best of friends. He is indeed a dog person, or for that matter, an "animal person". I don't think Dillon has met an animal he didn't like or that didn't like him. I foresee him being the next dog whisperer. He was so good with Maggie. He knows all the commands and he is the one that took her through her final test. I sat and took pictures (of course!).

A boy and his dog

The trainer commented on the great relationship between he and Maggie. She has some trouble walking nice with me, but when Dillon has her on the leash, she walks next to him, leash loose, all nice. In spite of this, I cannot take Dillon to training without taking Casey. Casey, unlike Dillon, scares the poor dog. Maggie sits in the ring trembling, hiding behind my legs as Casey flits around. He doesn't even have to speak or make his usual strange little boy noises for Maggie to take cover. So alas, I will be doing Maggie's intermediate dog training solo for my sanity, the trainer's sanity and the poor dog's sanity.

At the end of the test, she "graduated" and she donned a mortarboard and tassel. Poor thing...