An educated Penny

Penny
Originally uploaded by dhoopercu

Penny graduated from her first round of obedience school last night. She learned several commands, such as "Sit", "Down", "Come", "Stand", "Down/Stay", "Stand/Stay", "Front", "Heel", "Halt", and a few others I cannot think of at this time. We may go for the 6 month continuance class with her, but will play that by ear.

Penny at dog training

Penny at dog training
Originally uploaded by dhoopercu

She's been in training for the past 2 months or so. We have actually repeated the initial class, as no other dogs were enrolled. Penny has done well so far but we wanted to see how she would respond when other dogs were around (more stimuli).

She has been the star of the class so far, way better than the other dogs in her class. We still haven't broken through on heeling while walking. She still wants to lead the pack and hunt small woodland creatures while out and about.