Hi everyone, it’s Walter here! For most of the summer mom and I went to training class at a local recreation center. It was lots of fun and I got to make some new friends. At first I was a bit nervous since I had never gone anywhere with just mom, but the trainer and my class mates were so nice I forgot all about Millie and dad not being with us.
Mom didn’t take any pictures during our 7 weeks at class. Something about needing to concentrate on training me and not worry about pictures. Each class session we were allowed some play time and boy did we have fun. Our last class was a real blast. Unfortunately one of our class mates didn’t make it,but the rest of us sure had fun.
We were moving so fast (and mom didn’t want to use the flash) that we were a bit blurry. That cute pup with me is Miss Gracie. She is a mini doodle just like Murphy & Stanley. I really loved her dad since he always had the best turkey and cheese you have ever tasted.
Classmate Gifts
As a going away present and thank you to the teacher my mom made everyone a squeaky bone with their name on it. These are the medium sized ones from my mom’s Etsy shop. Of course the one in the middle is for the teacher and the bottom one was for Toby who wasn’t at our last class (Miss Fran, the teacher, said she would get the bone to Toby for us).
Gracie with her bone
Cute little Gracie loved her bone and her mom assured us that she would get lots of play time with it.
Walter gives Teacher Fran some hugs
I think Miss Gracie was jealous of me getting hugs from our teacher (notice the raspberry). We had a lot of fun running around and playing at the end of class. Here is a little video of all the action.
If you can’t see the video you can go here to view it.
The little pup in the video is Desi our teachers demo dog. He came to class with her a couple of times and showed us how to do some of the things we needed to learn. He was a good teacher too.
All in all I had a good time and even learned a few things from Fran at Pawsitive Behavior Dog Training. Mom and dad say I still have some things to learn, but I don’t know if I will be going back any time soon for another training class or just learn on my own with my parents and Millie helping me. Either way I still have lots of learning to do.
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Woo Hoo Walter BIG congrats to you pal. That class looks like loads of fun.
Blessings,
Goose
Congrats Walter, glad you had so much fun learning to be better behaved than we are, BOL.
We can tell you from experience that your classmates will love their personalised squeeky bones, we still play with ours, they are brilliant!
Dip Bridge and Elliot x
Congratulations on graduating. The games look fun, but we must say you’re not as wild as we are when we play. Maybe that’s because you’re in school.
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
Oh Walter don’t fret…I can teach you everything you needs to knows…BWHAHAHAHAHAHA! Okays, maybe not.
Dat sure does look like a fun class and Miss Fran looks awfully nice too.
Dat was so special and sweet of your mom to make everybuddy some bones. I still has mine and I LOOOOVES it!
Puddles
Congratulations, Walter! Doggie class is so much fun! The handmade bones that your mom made for the pups are fabulous! That was very thoughtful of her.
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
ConGRADulations Walter. Looks like a fun class! Lee and Phod
Congratulations Walter
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Congratulations Walter. Training classes are fun! Lots of treats and then play time. 😀
Oh – big congratulations, Walter!! 😀 That sounds like a lovely class that you joined – and Gracie is a real cutie! I’m so pleased you had a good time.
And – wow! – those personalised bone stuffies are just BEAUTIFUL!! We never knew that your human made those! How cool! She is so talented. My Hsin-Yi can’t even sew a button on straight 😉 We’re going to head over to your Etsy shop now to check it out!!
Slobbers,
Honey the Great Dane
Big Big Congratulations, that looks like so much fun xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
Walter you have grown up to be such a smart young man! Congratulations on your graduation. P.s. I see your speckles are coming in on your chest just like your brother!
Küster says way to go in class! Now that he’s a CGC graduate, he appreciates all your hard work a little more!
Bunny
Congrats on being a graduate! Your education is very impawtent! Remember, you still need to study to stay sharp!
Your Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
CONGRATULATIONS on your BIG GRADUATION Walter! That was so nice of you to have your mom make pressies fur your classmates and your TEACHER.
BRAVO Big Guy!!!
Way to go, Walter! We’re so proud of you!
It was awfully nice of your mom to make those personalized toys!
Play bows,
Zim
WALTER BRAVO AND STANDING OVATION FOR YOUR GRADUATE DEGREE IN OBEDIENCE.
HUGS MADI YOUR BFFF
Good for you for going to training class. It is great that you got a chance to learn in a new environment with different dogs.
A BIG congrat’s Walter! Graduating is a huge accomplishment and we are so proud of you. We think that Millie will be an excellent teacher for the remainder of the stuffs you need to learn.
We know that everyone loved their beautiful, home made dog bones!
Hugs,
Lily Belle & Muffin
YAY FOR YOU!!!! CONGRATULATIONS! I’m an Obedience School Drop Out!! BOL!! Barks and licks and love, Dakota
Oh that is just great that you graduated. Baby Gussie just started going after Maggie dropped out do to the pukes. Its a long story. I can tell you had a lot of fun and those were great presents your momma made.
stella rose
That’s so nice to make everyone a little toy! Looks like the class was quite fun. 🙂
Congrats, nice work! I also think it is cool you had a demo dog in class, I bet that was very helpful.
Woooohooowoooooo! Congratulations!
That sure looks like fun. Happy graduation to you Walter! 🙂
Oh and that was SO nice of you to make them each a toy, they are so cute.
Congratulations!!! It looks like the after pawty was a blast.
Loveys Sasha
Congrats to you, Walter – pawesome job!!! That class sure looks like it was a lot of fun and learning too.
Woos – Phantom, Ciara, and Lightning
CONGRATS WALTER!!!! Sure looks like you had a FABulous class there! And you teacher looks awfully nice! (thou, I would have followed Gracie’s Pops around for the Turkey and Cheese!!! Yummers!)
Now, if you need to revert back to your bad ways…you know wheres I am…..BOL
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
Good job Walter! That running around in class looks like the most fun! I can tell your teacher LOVES you! 🙂
Congratulations Walter! Mabel flunked her first time!
Mabel wants me to tell you …Not really but Mom made me go a 2nd time!
Oh! I LUVS going to school! Isn’t it the best? Learning is SO much fun and gives you oodles of confidence and helps the humans learn how to communicate with us better. Hmmmm…I haven’t been to school in awhile. Maybe I ought to get mom to sign us up for a new class!
Oh! And I also LUVED those cute little bones you gave for graduation gifts. Most Thoughtful.
Wiggles & Wags,
Mayzie
Hi, Walter! Congratulations on your graduation! I wanted to let you know I had a wonderful time on our date today! I was proud to go out with such a well trained guy!
Way to go Walter! You are a star. It must’ve been such a fun class, and I’m glad that you and your mom got to do it together.
I just discovered that when I switched to Feedly, after Reader died, your blog didn’t transfer over so I’ve been missing out. I’m glad I finally realized that… now I can keep up!
Congratulations on graduating!
Also, those bones are awesome. I may have to look into ordering some!