Seminar

So many things to report. . . it will take a couple of days to get it all! Last Thursday Zane, Bella, 2 friends and their dogs, and I headed to Phoenix for a Laura Romanik seminar. We learned so much. I'll be sharing some of what I learned, but here are some fun pictures from the trip.

On the way to Phoenix, we stopped at a rest stop to potty the dogs and eat lunch. While we ate, I stuck Zane in Bella's crate with the top open for air. He likes a sun roof!








At the hotel, Zane got to do stairs for the first time.



The hotel also had a nice grassy area where the dogs could play. (Thank goodness!) Zane liked to grab Bella's leash and pull her around.



And now some posed pictures:









Zane was an absolute angel for the most part. We'd get up at 4:30, I'd potty the dogs, then back inside for their breakfast, then we'd go walking. We walked and walked and walked, then played in the grassy area for quite a while, then laps around the hotel, then left the hotel at 7:30 each morning. Then he slept quietly in his crate at the seminar until the first break. I'd take him to potty, then back to his crate. Then a long walk at lunch and playtime, then back in his crate. He never made a peep except on the last day when a clueless Dobie owner kept letting her dog get all over his crate. He still has some dog issues and did some barking and growling at the dog. (Lots of dog don't like other dogs by their crates and sniffing them in their crates. Please teach your dog to not approach a dog in a crate or x-pen.) I ended up moving his crate since this woman couldn't keep her dog away from him.

He met some other dogs and was fine. And thanks to some great advice from Laura, we're getting faster downs and even some offered downs. Yay!

I have so much to process from this weekend. If you have a chance to see her, go!