recently abby, grendel, tom and i graduated from a six-week obedience class at a local dog school. we spent wednesday evenings learning new skills and then were given homework to work on throughout the week.

while they didn’t really learn fancy tricks, abby got more comfortable being around dogs she didn’t know which helps at the dog park. and gren learned to pay attention much better than he has in the past. and we continue to work on, and build upon, what we learned at home. “stay” continues to be a challenge.

a wonderful side-effect of the class was how tired they were after each class. it really challenged them! just look at these two after the graduation ceremony, during which they were each given a treat and a certificate of achievement:

gren is particularly proud of their honor student status:

(let’s not tell him that everyone got one of these bumper stickers)