Pretty day at the dog park.

3 Little TerrierX Girls...

...make a lot of noise when at play. Kali is pretty quiet, but Willow (8-10 y.o.) and Molly (12-14 y.o.) both use their voices to make up for their lack of endurance. I'll post a video of them playing in a bit...Kali is great with them, happy to lure them into chasing for at least a bit.

Running Away to the Circus?

Kali is a bit of a circus dog - she can stand upright on her hind legs, balancing gently. While she mostly does it if she's curious about something, she's starting to learn it in response to the command "circus".

Pleasantly Tired Pups

Willow and Kali have worn themselves out playing.

Kali In Class

Kali is an eager student - she really enjoys working and learning new tasks. She's graduated from the basic obedience class at this point and moved on to the advanced class. This week's focus: "stay", "come" and polite leash walking.

At class on Monday we ran through the first 5 tasks for the Canine Good Citizen certificate. Each week, we'll practice what she's already learned and add some additional tasks.

While I started taking her to classes to help her comfort level in new environments, it turns out she loves learning new things!

Cherry (Tomato) Picking

Kali is great about helping pick the tomatoes, and doesn't even complain if the one she gets as  a reward has a blemish in the skin.

First Place!

Kali won a contest in her training class tonight. The challenge was to see how many times your dog would sit on command in 1 minute, and Kali sat 16 times!!

In addition, she started to learn "mine" - in the sense that "this food is mine and you shouldn't even think about looking at it, much less eating it". She was a rockstar, only stealing one of the treats that was "mine" in about 20 minutes of work. I like training dogs for this because I don't want a dog that helps herself to my food, even if I leave it on a low table when I'm out of the room. I don't think she's quite there yet, but for a first try, she did great!