Adolescent Dog 101

I guess my mommy and daddy thought I was starting to get out of control or something because they took me to a training class last night. I'm still not sure what provoked them to do something like this. I listen all the time when they talk to me at home. Okay, okay...I might not listen as well when I'm around friends, but come on! I'm an adolescent (that's similar to a teenager to you humans) and I'd much rather play with my friends than listen to my mommy or daddy when we're somewhere other than in the house. I'm way too cool for that! DUH!

For the last two weeks, my mommy's been saying weird things to me like "Are you ready for boot camp?" "You'd better shape up or ship out!" "One more week to act like a crazy dog!" I wasn't too sure what she meant until 6 pm last night. We walked into the Dog Training by PJ doors and took a seat (well, my mommy and daddy sat down, I was much too excited). A lot of new friends came through the same doors and I just had to take a sniff. My new friends included a Black Lab, Maltese, Shar-Pei, French Bulldog, Australian Shepherd, and a Weimeraner. We were going to have so much fun playing! Only, we never got a chance.

I could sense that my mommy and daddy were nervous. I think they thought I would get kicked out of class just like my cousin Marley. I wasn't going to let that happen, but they didn't know that. My teacher, PJ, started talking to all the parents. All I heard was "Blah, blah, blah, treat, blah, blah...I'll demonstrate with Dakota." What?!? She was going to use me as the first guinea pig? Well, I was the best looking girl in the class. Who could blame her? When it was all over, I didn't know what I had learned, but I sure did get a lot of treats from her. I think I was the perfect student...why else would she have given me so many treats? After that, my mommy and daddy took turns giving me treats and saying things like "Take It", "Dakota", "Sit". Piece of cake!

I do have some homework to do, but that just means more treats for me. Yumm-O! I have a feeling the next 5 weeks are going to be a blast! So much for my girl-ish figure...