Best In Class

The last few days Cinder has been recovering from her Frosty Paws hangover - too much ice cream. Not too much activity, but she did have encounters with the garbage can, garden hose, flower pot, and grill. In addition to making friends, we cleaned her ears and trimmed her nails without issue.

She seems to be entering a defiant stage; we have done lots of cradling. We need to make sure to convey that we are the pack leaders. We couldn't wait for puppy class to test her with the many distractions.
This week Cinder worked with Lisa on the basics SIT, DOWN, LEAVE IT, COME, and STAY. Being four months and a day old, she is very inconsistent and easily distracted. It gets frustrating because we take three steps forward and then two back. At least it seems that we are still progressing. Only five more weeks until we get Marley :-)

Since Lisa was working with our protege, I was able to "work" with the best dog in the class, Sadie. Ernie has competed with Sadie and my only issue with her is getting her to take commands from a stranger. She likes to test every new handler to make sure that they know what they are doing. I did okay when I remembered her commands.