My Little Novice Trick Dog

Moxie AKA Moxie Moo, Moo Moo, Peanut etc. has been in training since she was 9 weeks old. We first enrolled her at All Dogs Allowed, Karen Smith, puppy class. It is a 10 week class that teaches Eric and myself how to train Moxie and care for a puppy such as nutrition, crate training etc. I think we loved the class more than Moxie and we continued to enroll her in other classes such as Focus Fidos (CGC Class) and our most recent class, TRICKS! But first, here is an old video I found of Moxie learning "Wait" at 3 months old: (She can now wait much longer!)



We were pretty excited and happy with Moxie's success in Puppy Class and Focus Fido's because before the age of 1, Moxie knows:
Sit
Down
Stay
Wait
Roll Over
High Five
Paw
Target- touching something with her nose
Touch- touching something with her paw
Loose Leash Walking
Drop it
Leave it
Stand
Come
Spin & Twist

and several other obedience tricks. We were wondering, what are we going to learn in Tricks Class? But we enrolled and we are glad we did. We have learned: Play Dead "Bang", Say your Prayers,Teeter & Perch. We are currently working on Balance & Catch which is balancing a treat on Moxie's nose and having her catch it. We are also working on barrel racing, strengthening our by me from a distance and much more

Moxie practicing a Down Stay

In our tricks class, we learned about Domorewithyourdog.com and Moxie earned her Novice Trick Dog Title and is halfway there to earning her Intermediate Trick Dog Title!

Moxie's Certificate

Hopefully in a couple weeks, I will be blogging about my Intermediate Trick Dog! More videos to come...