Heidi and Her Pups: May 2011

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Working with Heidi for the CGC, May 5

On May 5, I started working more with Heidi on items that are required for her Canine Good Citizen evaluation. There are ten steps that a dog must complete to be CGC certified (from the AKC):

Accepting a friendly stranger
Sitting politely for petting
Appearance and grooming
Out for a walk (walking on a loose lead)
Walking through a crowd
Sit and down on command and Staying in place
Coming when called
Reaction to another dog
Reaction to distraction
Supervised separation

The first two videos are working on sit with duration. The third video is more food routine work (which isn't part of CGC).

Patches heads to his forever home!

Patches was adopted on May 15. Hopefully his new owners will share pictures!

Monday, May 16, 2011

Monday May 16, Heidi's showing some weight

The puppies have been gone for almost a week. Heidi looked around as soon as she returned from the vet, saw that the pups weren't here, and went on about her way. Pups are gone and she's spayed, and she is acting no different now than she was four weeks ago.

Here are two pics that show her weight gain. Fewer bones!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Tuesday May 10, 2011 update

Tippy was the first to be adopted. Velveteen was second, but the adopters really wanted a boy, so they swapped Velveteen for Freckles. Piggy and Romeo are in a foster home, and we got Albert, Canada, Emma, Patches, Juneau and Velveteen back after they were fixed. On Wednesday May 11, the six will head off to their new foster home.