Griffy Lake & Puppy Kindergarten

Today we checked out the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve, which is about a 5 minute drive away from us. They've got a series of hiking trails around the lake, and you can rent boats or kayaks for $6 per hour. We took Rewley on a woodsy walk there, and he loved it! He didn't pull on his leash too much either, which made the walk a lot more pleasant! We'll definitely be doing more trail walking with the pup in the future.

Tonight we went to puppy kindergarten at Petco. The trainer has 30 years of experience with dog training and has shown dogs competitively. And strangely enough, Rewley was the only student! So we basically will be having private lessons for all 6 weeks. What's even better is that she brought her 12-year old former agility dog along to help with the training. The part we're reluctantly accepting is that it's treat training, but Rewley responded really well to all of it, and so quickly that we're encouraged by it. He's still not quite sure how to take a treat from our hands, sometimes missing it altogether, but he'll pick that part up quickly.

Our trainer confirmed what we'd seen in Rewley - he's very sound sensitive. Trucks and busses seem to startle him the most. We'll have to give him some more "noisy" toys to get him used to loud sounds. Paul recently gave him a guitar concert, and he wasn't sure what to make of it.

From Rewley

We're getting more and more excited about our life with the pup!