Lucy arrived here on August 16th, which means she has been here four weeks today. What a difference! My granddaughter showed up for lunch today with two of her friends. They hadn't seen her since she was shy and wouldn't come to anyone. She was jumping all over them. I had to speak to her very strongly because I don't want her to think that jumping up on people is OK.
She starts her obedience class on Sunday. She is pretty good at sitting, and walks well on the leash, whereas when I first got her she had never been on a leash before. There are only five dogs in her class.
I am not sure if the one Malamute is going to be allowed to take the class. I spoke to the woman yesterday and they have had a trainer in - she apparently didn't work out. The woman says the dog is very dominant. I told her she had to leave the dog in her vehicle while she registered, but she said she couldn't do that or the dog would wreck the car!! So I said she could use one of the pen/crates in the building - but again, she said she couldn't do that because the dog would tear the crate to pieces. She said she told the vet this when she had the dog spayed (its 2 years old) but they put the dog in a pen and she went crazy and broke a tooth. (I kind of wondered what on earth she expected the vet to do with a dog while it was getting spayed - stand there and hold it??) Apparently they live in the country and have a large area with a 6 foot chain link fence, but the dog pushes on the fence and bends the chain link and makes holes in it. They tie the dog up and then its fine!! She told me that she was outside her house with another dog, the Malamute was inside the house and forced its way through the door and jumped on the other dog. She said it didn't bite the other dog; didn't break the skin, but it took her five minutes to get her dog off the other one!! I must admit I wasn't keen on my 10lb puppy being in the same class!!
I have emailed the trainer and he says he will assess the dog before the woman registers and decide if the dog can take the class.
This is the best photo I have of her. I should have got my husband to hold her because you can't see her eyes. And I had to fiddle around with the photo with Irfanview to get it looking like this even!
She starts her obedience class on Sunday. She is pretty good at sitting, and walks well on the leash, whereas when I first got her she had never been on a leash before. There are only five dogs in her class.
I am not sure if the one Malamute is going to be allowed to take the class. I spoke to the woman yesterday and they have had a trainer in - she apparently didn't work out. The woman says the dog is very dominant. I told her she had to leave the dog in her vehicle while she registered, but she said she couldn't do that or the dog would wreck the car!! So I said she could use one of the pen/crates in the building - but again, she said she couldn't do that because the dog would tear the crate to pieces. She said she told the vet this when she had the dog spayed (its 2 years old) but they put the dog in a pen and she went crazy and broke a tooth. (I kind of wondered what on earth she expected the vet to do with a dog while it was getting spayed - stand there and hold it??) Apparently they live in the country and have a large area with a 6 foot chain link fence, but the dog pushes on the fence and bends the chain link and makes holes in it. They tie the dog up and then its fine!! She told me that she was outside her house with another dog, the Malamute was inside the house and forced its way through the door and jumped on the other dog. She said it didn't bite the other dog; didn't break the skin, but it took her five minutes to get her dog off the other one!! I must admit I wasn't keen on my 10lb puppy being in the same class!!
I have emailed the trainer and he says he will assess the dog before the woman registers and decide if the dog can take the class.
This is the best photo I have of her. I should have got my husband to hold her because you can't see her eyes. And I had to fiddle around with the photo with Irfanview to get it looking like this even!