Pup Rally

Another OccuPaws training class tonight. This one was in Beloit at the home of the Puppy Coordinator. It was just an excuse to see the seven puppies. Here they are at their mass feeding. I think that all seven are in the picture.



After dinner, it was time for some puppy care. Each of the puppy raisers was responsible for trimming the nails of one of the puppies. It's actually much easier at this age than when they are older. We were assisted in our grooming chore by seven boys and girls who were more intrigued or grossed out by how quickly the puppies pottied after their meal - all over the floor. Thankfully Michelle brought a large supply of paper towels.

Cinder was very interested in the chubby balls of fluff. She played well with the little ones and only needed to be restrained once. She did a good job when told to LEAVE the puppy food alone, even though she hadn't had her dinner yet.

After the puppies were feed, watered, and pottied our class began. Marlene brought out a series on interesting objects to test the dogs: umbrella, RC car, toy caterpillar, and the hair dryer. Cinder didn't want anything to do with these new objects. You can see that Deegan and the older dogs didn't mind the hair dryer. The class ended with a thirty minute rally session where we led our dogs through a series of exercises to demonstrate obedience and determine how well the puppy raisers follow direction. The dogs did well, the raisers need more practice.