Kooza's 2nd puppy class

[Saint Mom]

Kooza's 2nd puppy class went really well today.
Beside not wanting to go on the stairs (which he finally did with lots of coaxing) and still struggling with the plank (altough he does great here) the rest was just perfect. He did some slalom, tunnel, he is less shy with other puppies, goes to everyone but still prefers to remain close to "mommy". He also did good in the 1-hr car ride (back and forth) with the help of Cerenia. Trainers when they saw the speed and no fear of tunnel said he will be a great agility dog. He is always willing to please and learn. He has excellent eye contact (that I knew), does his sit pretty good too. I will be missing next week's class as our motorhome is being delivered that morning. But I will start practicing some of things I can (seeing teacher anyway tomorrow at the halloween photoshoot and will ask her for more info on missed class). I know they will be working on sitting on your left, which he does and the "come" command, which is not bad so far. But working in class is different so it will be a challenge for him. But not worried as he has excellent focus on me.

So here is a little clip of his class today. I love my little furball. It is so much fun to work with this dude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvctftPLje0

And some pics:
After he had completed his side of the room (group was splitted in 2), he decided he wanted to go backward and try the ramp again. hihi


Coming out of the tunnel. He did this 4x and loved it. No fear at all. Really have to get my own tunnel out.


After class on our way out of the driveway of class. A happy eskie smile.
Me tired? Nahhhh! Those classes are way too easy for me. hihi


And now, to end a perfect day, it is snowing over Montreal. So of course, Kooza met his first snow flakes. He lovvvves it so much that he asked to be let go outside 3x tonight. Now he's sleeping but I'm getting dressed warmly to go play with Nuuk and him (Tako is gone with daddy to watch baseball at Grand'pa).





This puppy never really has a dull moment here! So let's wake up and go outside play in the dark in the snow. Viva snow and Montreal. I swear I was born to live in Alaska. hihi

[DesertEskie]

I just love these Kooza updates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[katie's mom]

So do I!  Each is cuter than the last! 

[eskieagilitygal]

Go Go Go Little Dude!

I knew he would be fun to train..he has a lot of his mommy in him.  He's a little Worker Bee!

[Steve]

what a cute and smart puppy!  Got a puppy mask thing going on there too

We had some snow here last week but it was accompanied by 40 mile per hour winds so no one got to enjoy it

[Jasmine]

Kooza is so cute and so eager to learn.  I see that he thought that you were a little slow to reward him for a perfect sit in the video. He knew he did good and demanded that mommy reward him!

[Saint Mom]

Thank you. He is smart. But I was not requesting a sit but a "fix" and he was not doing it just then. hihi

Mr. is very food-oriented. So he is also very talkative when he wants the treat right now, on the spot, not a flash of a second wasted. hihi

Although we still find him the cutest of all, he is starting to have his teenage look (in my eyes anyway). All legs, skinnier on the legs, puppy hair going, shedding, face is becoming longer, etc. Gotta love that phase of life. hihi

Even on the trainer when she arrived at the class thought he was bigger within a week. I think it's just the hair thing. If I just brushed him, he's flufflier but give him 15 minutes outside and he comes in as if he was never ever brushed. hihi Hair looks squashed. hihi

We're going for a photoshoot later on this afternoon (going as late as possible to avoid the dogs chaos in a small store) and I'll make sure to brush him at the last minute or else he'll look as if he just came out from play-fighting with Takoda. hihi

[Jasmine]

Oh, yes, we want to see pictures of his photoshoot , please!

[Saint Mom]

He did an excellent job during the shoot. And he was excellent with all dogs and humans in the dog cafe. Nothing negative to report. It will take 2 weeks to get the picture cd in the mail. But photographer is also our puppy class teacher so she will bring it to me in 2 weeks when I go back.

And oh! We bought raffle tickets and Kooza won a way too-large-for-him tug and a faux-fur squeaker (he already had those as a gift from friends so those 2 new toys will stay in the car for him to play with when riding. So I asked to exchange for a smaller one to better match his little size.
http://www.schum-tug.com/EN_Catalog.html

I did not give him the Cerenia pill since it was not too far away and I'm not a big fan on pills if can be avoided. As soon as we left home, he started to drool on both sides of the mouth. I kept his mind busy with pieces of dried hot-dogs. They seemed to have done the trick as the foamy stopped. On our return I think he was just pooped from all that activity and he mostly tried to sleep.

Hopefully this car motion sickness will go away as he gets older. We will keep taking him on very short drives around the block as much as possible so he can get used to car motions. To say he traveled a lot when he was just a tiny puppy and now, we drive less than an hour to a place and he's sick. Poor puppy.

[caroline]

He is so adorable!!