My Dog's Better Than Your Dog

Okay, so this one isn't about wedding stuff...

I went to my obedience training orientation night tonight at the Sacramento SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). This was where I adopted our dog, Shaggy. For those unaware of the story, Cliff and I had been living in our house for 4 days when I was driving home from work and decided I was bored and didn't want to go straight home. Therefore, in all my brilliance, I ended up ayt the SPCA. I almost made it out free and clear, but around the final corner was a scraggily little dog that was listed as half-Bearded Collie and half-Poodle. I've never cared much for Poodles, but my very first dog was a Bearded Collie named Molly, and as they are an uncommon breed, I couldn't resist visiting with him. The rest, they say, is history.

So we will begin obedience school next week. Much like kindergarten, the dog mommies and daddies had to go to orientation without their "kids" on this first night. We got packets of information and a schedule of what we will be covering over the next 6 weeks of training. My conclusion after listening to people talk about their dogs? Shaggy is way better than a lot of these hoodlums that will be in his class! Eating leashes? Digging under fences? Knocking down people? Scattering garbage all over the kitchen? Jumping up and stealing food right off a person's dinner plate? Not Shaggy! He jumps, yes, and has an obscene amount of energy at times, and he has this peculiar habit of dumping out his food dish on the floor and eating his food from there, but otherwise, he is very well-behaved. Disney Club members can attest to his ability to sit quietly and to even be next to food without having the urge to steal it. He needs to be more polite when going for a walk (I had a stranger yell to me, "who's walkin' who?"), but, in general, he is just a good little fella. Cliff and I are so fortunate with our SPCA animals; we couldn't ask for better than Pumpkin and Shaggy.

Hopefully Shaggy and I will pass our obedience school with flying colors...unlike Hallie and I who were obedience school drop-outs :o(