Class

It was puppy class tonight for Battier. It was a nice night in El Dorado Hills and perfect for an outdoor class at the shopping and movie theater area. We worked on downs with the hip flip. CCI puppies need to flip their hips out away from the handler. Battier does very well with this! I'll try and get a video soon. I admit that I work her a lot more on the Heel (left) side, I definitely need to practice more with her on the Side position (right). 

We also worked on "Under" from the Heel and Side position. With the Under command the dogs need to go under an object, turn look at the handler and then exit the same way they came in. For example if a dog goes under a chair, they must come out the same way they went in so they won't get their leash caught. 

We worked on Heel with a loose leash, Battier is a pro at this! She has been since she was a little puppy. I never let the dogs walk past my knee, even on a release or a walk around the neighborhood. They just know the position and I feel it works better that way. When we walked we would stop and the dogs had to do their auto-sits, Battier did very well with this. 

We worked on walking slowly on the stairs. Battier does very well with this and gets a lot of stairs practice every day at our office. 

Battier is repeating "Basic" class again, it will be good for her because we missed some classes after the car accident. Battier looks a lot bigger than only 7 months, but it will be good for her! We still have a long time to be in Riffraff class!