Thunder the puppy

[Iron]

Such a clever girl, awwwww! But 'shake' as a command? What does that mean, shake herself when her fur's wet or shake hands/give a paw?

I think its the later, dear.

Heh, you certainly have a real smart poochie there! Feel a bit bad about her growth pattern, but that'll even out in the future hopefully!

What are you sending Thunder to pet school for, though? I thought you were doing a great job of training/teaching her yourself, unless you mean for her to pick up something you can't teach her so easily?

Has she caused you any trouble or grief too?

The biggest benefit of pet school is that she'll be around other dogs, learning to perform those tricks around constant distractions. I do wish puppy school had started a month ago, but she wasn't considered old enough.

The only trouble she causes me is due to her being a herding dog - she nips at everyone's ankles all the time! She's getting better about that but it's a slow process.