take my dog to obedience training

i’ll give the woman a call in a month or so when it gets a little warmer. i hope my dog is not too old for training…

REALLY need to do this, even if it means getting cesar millan to our house. our dog is anti-social to humans, dogs, territorial, steals food, nervous-aggressive, and won’t let me cut his nails! and to make things worse he’s really really smart. can’t wait to find the right program for him.

i still haven’t taken my best friend to professional training but he scares me already! he knows the inctructions (i am not sure it’s thhe right word) such as sit, lay, bark and does them easily, even though sometimes he gives a groan :)
but the biggest issua i had with him was to come to me when called. i mean he is fine with it at home but once unleashed outside he goes crazy running around, having loads of fun and once i call him he starts playing catch me if you can with me.
so yesterday we went out for a walk. i unleashed him and i had forgotten his muzzle so as i saw people comming our direction, i called my Lygis to come to me. and he did!!! and this happened twice! he is the wisest dog i could have ever dreamed of! he is absolutely amazing and so good to me he scares me. i adore the little mutt-moe big time!

i remembered i was talking to Wren about it last week. i need to put it into my goals if i want to get it done.
there are 2 things i find it very difficult to get ready to do and now they are both listed on the 43Things:
1. go to the dentist (hevn’t done it even though Phillintheuk already kicked my bum)
2. take my dog to the obedience classes (have been thinking of doing the for a year already).

I want to take my Shar Pei to obedience training. He is super sweet and loving to me but he hates strangers. It is hard to have company around him. He has never been abused so there is no reason for him to be afraid of people. He is also very stubborn about doing his commands when I ask him to, sometimes obeying me, other times looking at me like WHATEVER MOM. I feel like I have a rebellious teenager but he is only a year old so that can’t be it. He is so precious and I love him but my friends and family (that don’t live in the house) are afraid of him. I want him to be more sociable so people will see how sweet he can be. This is a photo of him snuggling with my brother in laws pit bull when he was just a baby. Of course he weighs 30 lbs now.

We had our first class today and she loved it! I’m going to declare victory on this one.

Got Bailey enrolled at PetSmart today. Her first class is next Wednesday! YAY!