Training update

Dixon is working towards his public access test which I want to take a practice of soon and then continue working with him until June before I take it again and decide to graduate him. I hope he will have around 50 hours of public access training, 275 hours of in home training, 12 hours of formal agility class, 7 hours of formal obedience class.


I did decide to continue with Dixon's agility class because during his last class he did three perfect runs, he hasn't fallen off anything since but he did jump off the a frame and stand on a tunnel for like 5 minutes.

My boss came to class with me yesterday and she said he was one of the best, if not the best dog in the class, and she's not just being biased! He definitely has a mastery of all of the equipment!

He got his Therapy dog International id card and I am thrilled to announce that we are going to try and start a reading with Rover program at the local library!

I also want to go through the disaster training with him, so that when things like 9/11 and katrina happen we can go assist with the therapy aspect.

Dixon is doing good in obedience, it's competition obedience, and I seem to always get it wrong, but he always knows whats going on, I may or may not continue with it, I think we're both enjoying the agility aspect more...

In other news Moxie successfully alerted to an asthma attack the other night. She is now my "in home" service dog rather than my "in public" service dog. It's nice to have her in some sort of capacity still working. Dixon is doing great in public alerts. And I do like obedience and agility because he needs to be looking to me for the alerts.