It was Biggles’ turn at obedience this week and his very first night in the advanced class. He did very well!

He still gets a little bit excited so we need to work hard at keeping him calm. But provided we do that he doesn’t take his little eyes off us! He’s so eager to please. His heel work was excellent – perhaps better than his big sister! His sit / down wait was good, but his attention wandered after a while. He didn’t get the idea of distance control at all – everytime I told him to do something he’d run over to me so he could do it beside me!

Unfortunately we couldn’t take many photos as one of the dogs didn’t like the flash.

I thought I’d post up this little video produced by Beanie and Biggles obedience training club (Glasgow Dog Training Club). If you look carefully you’ll see that Beanie and Biggles feature quite a few times!

Dog owners that are local to Glasgow will also be interested in an event that the Glasgow Dog Training Club will be hosting in Rouken Glen Park on Saturday 22nd August:

Beanie and Biggles’ flyball club will be doing a demo and a ‘have-a-go’ (highly recommended!). Also, their lure-coursing club will be there letting everyone have a try. I’ll be working at the event, but I’m sure Beanie and Biggles will be having lots of goes with their dad. He’s under strict instructions to take them along to the aromatherapy and tellington touch stalls for a bit of pampering! There will be lots of dog activities to watch and to try. Also stuff for the kids (pony rides, face painting etc) and craft stalls selling lots of lovely hand-crafted items.

Beanie & Biggles’ obedience classes started back up again this week. We don’t want them in the same class as they need plenty of opportunities to develop their independence and to individually build their relationship with us. We’re going to try taking them alternate weeks. It was Beanie’s turn last night.

Her heelwork was perfect – onlead, offlead, fast pace, slow…it made no difference. Beanie trotted along beside me like a little dressage pony with her eyes glued to me the whole time. She didn’t even sniff the floor. And all this without treats!

Her sit-stay, down-stay were perfect. At one point we put all the dogs in a down-stay and the owners left the room. One of the dogs caused a bit of an upset and all the dogs got to their feet….except Beanie. I’d told her to stay so she refused to budge even when a dozen dogs were running around her.

Her only weakness was her stand-wait. Beanie can’t even stand on command. So something for us to work on!

We finished up with some ‘leave’ training and Paul caught a bit on camera: