Gracie is graduating!

Gracie has been enrolled in Puppy Kindergarten for 4 weeks now. Week 5 is graduation day- that's NEXT WEEK!

Her trainer is just amazing- we love her. And Gracie loves her.

We were really happy to start puppy classes- Gracie's a smart girl, but it's so important to us that we know we are doing everything right for her to succeed. We want her to be allowed places- to visit family & friends and to go into stores without wondering if she'll be okay or not. This is not your average house-dog. She's a barn dog, a park dog, a hiking dog, a fishing dog.

Puppy kindergarten was split up into a different command (or two) each week. Gracie excelled like woah.

Sit.
Sit-stay.
Down.
Down-stay.
Loose leash walking (!!!)
Touch.
Leave it.
Take it.
Focus.
Wait.
Come.

Gracie's trainer told us she is ready for the intermediate classes where we will challenge these commands in new ways. Eventually we will go for Gracie's Canine Good Citizenship, and you can imagine my excitement when I was told that she may be a good candidate as a therapy dog.

Big things are coming for Miss Gracie :)