Brooks puppy class obedience test
We had our final puppy class last night, and the instructor does a basic obedience competition, heeling, stand for exam, figure 8, recall, sit stay, down stay.
The was a possible 160 points. Brooks lost 6 points on healing, mostly on tight leash. He lost 3 points on the figure 8, again tight leash. He aced the recall, and both stays.
Ah, the dreaded stand for exam. For some reason the whole stand concept has been pretty hard for Brooks, and he's been consistently standing on command since Monday, and I've not been successful at walking completely around him while he stands yet. He did stand when I gave him the command last night, but the second the evaluator approached, Mr Happy Wigglebottoms pretty much went nuts and it was all over from there. Lost 30 out of 30 points!!!
Why do Labs have such hard time containing themselves around people!!???
Overall I was pretty happy with how well he did, especially the stays and recall. We'll keep working hard and getting out around as many people as possible!!