Freckle's Wins a Prize at school

Last night at obedience class Freckles did great....when he wanted to. We practiced sit/stay and down. I forgot to bring his training treats with me so I splurged and purchased some "Real Liver" bits at the store. Of course Freckles turned up his nose at those $3.00 treats and wouldn't even try one. I ended up giving that bag away and went and purchased another bag of the biscuits he likes.
Freckles would always start out obeying the commands but would get either bored or tired of the treats and soon his attention would wonder off.
One exercise was to walk around the store aisles with the dog close to the row to keep him going straight. Freckles thought this a great opportunity to do a little shopping along the way and really got excited when I tried, unsuccessfully, to pass a bin of balls. My fault on selecting that aisle to walk down.
At the end of class we had a competition to see who's dog would obey the "down" command first. The prize was a package of pig's ears which the trainer showed to each dog. Freckle's was not interested in those treats so while eventually obeying my command, he took his own good time doing so. The little Pom in class won that competition because he had only a few inches to go to lie down.
Then came the sit competition. The prize, a brand new tennis ball. When the trainer held up that prize Freckle's focus could have burned a hole through the ball. First he won his preliminary round then went head to head with Rocky the Dobie in the finals. Freckle's was not to be denied that prize. After two false starts and one tie, Freckle's won.
That was the end of class and as we left the store Freckles dribbled that ball all the way out, dropping it for a bounce or two then grabbing it again.
This week we will work on that Sit/Stay command and we will have to practice a lot. He does OK at Sit/Stay/Then Lie Down When You Get Bored, but the trainer wants him to stay in the sit WITHOUT laying down.
Thee classes down and five to go.

 

:m12: Way to go Freckles!!!

 

Awwww! Good Job Feckles!

 

Way to go Freckles!!

 

Yea Freckles

honeybear

 

Way to go! Good luck at the next class!

 

Freckles!!! A brand new ball ANDDDDD a proud daddy? wow! impressive

Dukesdad, you do a great job storytelling...hehe! I loved this part:

 

Congrats, Freckles! Let me know if you have any success holding a Stay without eventually lying down. Nala always lies down when she gets bored, but I let her since I don't really care. My sole purpose for "Stay" is for her to stay in one place. If she wants to stand on her head, it would work for me!