Pogo knows most of these moves/commands already, but I need to work with him on staying in heel position when sitting and laying down. Since he's so little and he likes to keep eye contact he tends to swing himself out so he's facing my side instead of us being side by side. To help this I've been walking along a lot of walls, fences, curbs, ditches, etc so that he has no choice but to sit straight. Otherwise he's doing really well and has already learned to "come around". It's called a finish right and it means that when he's directly in front of me he has to circle around behind me and end by sitting in heel position on my left side.
If you see a red haired girl and little black and white dog at the fairgrounds that's probably us practicing! It's my favorite place to go because I can let him off leash without worrying about getting in trouble (At least I haven't yet) and because there's usually enough activity there that it's a sufficient distraction for Pogo to learn to work through.
Hopefully the video below will work and you can see what a novice rally course looks like :-)
In other news....my sister and her boyfriend, Bryan, got a 7 week old Golden Doodle Puppy last weekend! She is adorable and her name is Raley, named after Raley Hall on the App State campus.
Since she's so young they're having to take her out to potty every two hours at night....hmmm now what does that sound like? :-)Britt and Bryan are coming "home" to Cary this weekend so I'll get to meet the little lady and hopefully have some pics of Pogo showing her who is boss!*
*Pogo is a people dog, not a dog's dog and gets very offended when other dogs try to play with him and treat him like a dog.
