Dog Redeemed

Puppy school tonight was much better than last week. Duke, although still a little (okay, a lot) wild, was less obnoxious. He performed his puppy push-ups perfectly! (How do you like that alliteration?) He only barked once or twice, he played nicely with the other dogs and he did an almost flawless "recall", a task, which I truly thought he'd fail miserably due to the distraction of the other dogs. Progress, definitely a good thing! The best part of class was that we started the lesson on walking nicely on leash!!!! Finally!!! We're going to have to practice but again, even with the distractions, he didn't do a terrible job. The boys were a little disappointed that they didn't get to work with him much tonight because everything was new and the difficulty level is higher than in the previous classes. They'll be able to practice this week and "show off" with him next class. They have been really good at working with him during the week and he actually listens to them most of the time.