Mint had his puppy class last night.
The first exercise they did in the class was attention exercise by cruising around the training centre with the leash loose while dogs kept attention on their handlers. Mint is really good at this type of exercise because he keeps looking at Mum whenever he wants some treat.
Next, after practising Sit and Down, they practised Stay with the handler standing a leash length away from the dog. Mint cannot stay laying down quietly, although he is pretty good at staying sitting. So, when humans were told to make their dogs stay in the either sitting or laying down position, Mum made Mint stay sitting, which he did really well as usual. She also tried to make Mint stay in the laying down position, but he couldn't stay laying down without mouthing Mum's hand. I am sure that Mum will do lots of Stay practise in the laying down position with both Mint and me, as it is one of things that I am not good at either.
After a Q&A session, they also learned how to go through a gate nicely. The handler makes the dog sit and wait, clicks if the dog stays sitting when the gate opens, and goes through the gate with the dog following behind. Because it was almost three quarters into the one-hour class, Mint was so tired that he couldn't do it well, Mum says. It took a while for him even to sit, and when he sat, he couldn't stay sitting.
My humans say that they were again impressed with how good all the puppies in the class were!
Ooh...Mint is such an obedient beagle pup. I remember my obedience class. Our group was the beagle group. One male beagle peed on dad's shoes. He was not impressed! Keep it up Mint!
ReplyDeleteOhh Mint is doing so well! Other than "Come" I think "Stay" is probably the hardest thing for dog's to learn - they're not good at holding still!
ReplyDeleteMint...you're still very pup and you did so so well!! We always have a bath in the bathroom. It would be nice to have bath outside and get some fresh air.
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The Malaysian Kennel Assoc.'s basic obedience classes are divided into the diff breeds. So, it was fun to train with fellow beagles and their owners. Beagles are very much governed by their noses and less eager to please compared to say, the retrievers. Our experience is to be consistent at all times and reinforce positively. Kess' sit, stay, wait and come is quite good. Heels are a diff story altogether because she just loves to smell!
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