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Friday, June 4, 2010

Obedience Class Photos

Holy cow! You can actually see my eyes in these photos. Do you like my big browns?!

This is my diploma. Cool, huh?

This is Mikkel Becker Shannon, our fearless leader/trainer!
If you click on Mikkel's name it will take you to a page with her bio. Hers is 2nd on the page.

This is one of the "pup cakes" that Mikkel's mama, Teresa, baked especially for our obedience class graduation. We brought this one home to share with sissy, since she didn't get to attend.
The little bone had the word "DOGTOIDS" printed on it!! (Mommy couldn't get it to show.)
BTW, Teresa was our photographer today while we ran through our paces.


This is me, Hootie, demonstrating a sit/stay/watch me.



Here I am doing a heel/watch me. Looks perfect, eigh??


Here I am again, doing a heel.

This is Molly & her hooman man

Ryleigh and her girl, Michelle.


Me with Mommy doing a sit/stay. Willie directly in background with his hooman, Lex.
Fiona and her mama---I don't think Fiona was following teacher's instructions. BOL!

Baby Rocket Dog insisted that I include a photo of her obeying Daddy.


We want to send out a big "Thank You" to Mikkel for teaching me to be a better pooch. I hope to make her proud of me. Also "Thanks" to the really cool board ladies from Second Chance Animal Shelter who acted as aides during all the classes. And lastly, "Thank You" to Dr. Marty & Teresa Becker for raising such a cool hooman lady. I'd LoVe to jump up on her and give her sloppy kisses, but I'm learning not to jump up on hoomans anymore, soooo I'll just send her a virtual hug & smoochie:
{{MmmmmWhaaaaaaaa}}


Sure hope you have enjoyed this little peek into my final obedience class. Later on I'll post more pictures that Mommy & Daddy took the 2 previous weeks, and also Teresa's recipe for the healthy pupcakes.

Sending lots of Welshie love to all my buddies,

Hootie
ps-Did you notice that I dressed up in my finest Welsh flag kerchief that Eric got me?? Snazzy.

33 comments:

Martha said...

Oh Congratulations Hootie - you've graduated!
You were looking so very smart in your pics today - love the bandana.
We hope you are going to frame your pawesome certificate.
Your mom can look at it when you sniff a bunny and forget all that sit/stay stuff!
We have to say you did look a little like the class swot but we guess if you were getting treats you had to!
We see Baby Rocket Dog is joining in your fine example.
We look forward to the pupcakes recipe.
Our mum keeps promising to make us some.
love from the dog school dropouts
Martha and Bailey xxx

Princess Patches said...

Congrats on your graduation, Hootie! The pupcake looks delicious!

Aire-hugs,
Penny & Patches

Rocky Creek Scotties and Rocky Creek Ramblings said...

Congrats Hootie - it looks like you "aced" the class!!

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

Agatha and Archie said...

Congratulations graduate!! Will you be going for your PHD now?? Does your salray go up? Are you going to write a book about the experience? Let us know if you need an agent! PL2 wants to know if your Daddy is going to play with the Patriots when you come up!!!!(in Foxboro!) Love A+A

Golden Samantha said...

Congratulations, Hootie! A great milestone - I love your "diploma"!!! Very, very cool! I know how hard it is to learn those things, cause I do obed. too, but I never got a graduation or pupcakes - that cookie looks nomzers! Nice of you to bring one home for your bro! NICE HEEL, by the way - and sit/stay and... and. You did it all, Hootie!
Hugs xoxo
Sammie

Golden Woofs! SUGAR said...

Woof! Woof! Lots of Golden Congrats to you. Very Proud ... Hooray!!! Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar

Remington said...

CONGRATS!

Wyatt said...

Hootie-

What a smart doggie you are! It takes a lot of restraint not to jump up on people..

Wyatt

Nelly said...

Congratulations Hootie ... Well done!
You are such a smart Welshie!
Nibbles
Nelly xx

Finni said...

Hootie Matey ... Well done lad!
You look a bit like a boy scout with your kerchief ... Dib dib dib!
Headrubs
Finni xx

violett said...

Hi great Hootie!
Congrats on your graduation!
Your Diplom is cool!
Lots of Love
Mischka

brooke said...

Congratulations Hootie!
That pupcake looks delicious!

Jen said...

Hootie
SO proud of you!
Now we both know that class is really for the
hoomans - ha ha!

Asta said...

Hootie
You awe an inspiwation! 'you do all those moves to pawfection! I think you can be justly vewy pwoud of youwself.
That pupcake looks divine..I hope you gots to eat a lot of them. I think you awe vewy desewving!
I love that banananandana
smoochie kisses
ASTA

NAK and The Residents of The Khottage Now With KhattleDog! said...

Khongrats to both of woo!

Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra & Khousin Merdie
PeeEssWoo: We LOVE the big browns!

Molly the Airedale said...

Congratulations, Hootie! Your diploma is pretty enough to frame! We are so proud of you!
That was very nice of you to share your pupcake with BRD!

Love ya lots,
Maggie and Mitch

Eric said...

Three cheers for Hootie!! Hip Hip Hooray!! Well done Hootie on your graduation. Sure are a smarty pants learning all that stuff. But please don't let us square dogs down and learn the not jumping up thing. Course I've LEARNT it but choose to IGNORE it.Any time I like. So there.

Oh and Hootie. When I saw the photo of you with your banana on I wigged my wagger like mad. You look so darn handsome lying there all adorable showing of you big browns. Hope it got you squillions of pupcakes.

Wiry love to you and BR and JUMPS and lick kisses for your Mom! Eric xxx

Lorenza said...

Congratulations Hootie!
You did it great!
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza

Sally Ann and Andy said...

Oh Hootie,
Congratulations you graduated. You are so smart and handsome. I think you were the smartest dogie in the whole class.
Sally Ann

Pat Wahler said...

Congratulations, Hootie! I'm very impressed by that awesome diploma!

Pat
www.critteralley.blogspot.com

Sierra Rose said...

Nice work Hootie and mom!!! :) And, what a wonderful breezway for a great class!!
Love your bandana too!

Hugs and snaggle-tooth kisses,
Sierra Rose

Lucia said...

Ciao bello Hootie!!!

Mio caro amico, I, Lucia, am verrrrry impressed with your eccellente obedience skills! Congratulazioni on passing your class in such a magnifico -- and dapper, with that handsome scarf! -- way.

I, Lucia, have taken obedience class, too! (Note from la mia ragazza: yes, she has. Three times ... sigh ...) This Thursday, I am starting a Canine Good Citizen training class, but la mia ragazza, pessimista that she is (pllllbbbbbb!) says she does not hold out much hope regarding my success in it. I don't know why she says such things! I did exceptionally well in my agilities classes, and, in fact, was the only doggie in them to spontaneously run a free-style of the entire course multiple times in a row while the remainder of my classmates and their pawrents stood and watched in awe. La mia ragazza, on the other hand, did not express awe at my magnificent athletic abilities because she was too preoccupied with wildly flailing my treat bag around and shrieking, Lacie-like, "LUCIA! LUCIA!!!!!!!!!!!LOOOOOOOOOOCHEEEEEEEEEEEUHHH!COMEHERESTOPPITLUCIARIGHTNOWI'MNOT KIDDINGGETOVERHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!LUCIANOW!!!

Ah, I turned an adorable deaf ear and blasted off into the chute -- twice in a row!!! Heeeeeeeeeee!!!! BUT, training is sooooooo much fun, though, isn't it!?!?!

Big huggies to my girlfrennn, Baby Rocket Dog!!!

Tanti baci!
Lucia

PeeEss: la mia ragazza says your mama has such bellissima capelli!!!

George The Lad said...

Hi just popped in to say hi, I'm a WT me names George I live in the UK, you sure have done well with the obedience class, I like your Welsh bandanny.
See yea George xxx

Paco,Milo, Maya and mommy Simona said...

WOOOOOOWOOOWOOOOOOO!!!!
Big big big hurray for youuuuuuuuuu!!!!
now you've graduated!!!!!!
We're soooooooooooooooooo proud of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and you look sooooooooooooooo cool and handsome in your Bandana!!!!!
Thanks for sharing with us such a great day for you and your mommy!!!
And we love BRD pic with dad trying to copy you!!!!!!
;-)))))))))
CAn't wait to get pupcakes recipe!!!!!

Ehy guys.....we missed you tons!!!!
We're sooooooooooooooooooo sorry have been absent for so long.....
Could you forgive us???
You're such a special friends for us and we don't want loose you and your friendship!!!

Take care of you guys and we love you a lot!!!
Tons of love, kisses, sweet licks and huge hugs to all of you and your special humans!!!!
SMACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Clive said...

Congratulations Hootie!

Very well done to you and your Mom - we are delighted for you both!

take care
Clive and the NSLM

Anonymous said...

Yay, congratulations!! A job well done. You're a graduate now. Add the PetZoom to your car's decor and you'll be well behaved everywhere! If you were serious about getting the PetZoom, let me tell you that while it's not guaranteed for all, it worked like magic for my pack. Good luck. You may want to chose another similar product so that we can compare notes to :)
mwahs
Twinkie

Inky and Molly said...

Well done Hootmeister!
You even have your pink people believe you're a better pooch now, ha!
Good to see your beamers finally.
Love, Inky and Molly

The JR said...

Congratulations Hootie!

I luv your peepers!

Life With Dogs said...

You are doing so very well - just don't pay any attention to Fiona. ;)

Anonymous said...

I guess obedience class and the PetZoom will make you the perfect dog, Hootie.
Seriously, you spent $40? You know what though, if it works like it did with us, you won't mind one bit. I did mention another sonic system that costs only $10, but since we haven't tried that one we still swear by ours (which incidentally got used as I was typing this BOL)
Twinkie

Dewey Dewster said...

I tell ya Hootie...ya embarrass all of us fer sure....obedience...what is that??? I can tell ya that we want none of that at all....nope....we wanna be free and wild....but Gram 'n Pap sure want us ta learn obedience...so I won't let Gram look at this blog at all....not til ya post somethin' where yer bad.....

Dewey Dewster here....

TwoSpecialWires said...

Hootie. We saw it. We saw how you gaze into your moma's eyes. You'd do anything for her. Wouldn't you? Moma keeps looking for that look in OUR eyes, and sometimes we approach it if she has food in her hand. Somehow we're thinking obedience isn't anywhere in our near future. But that's okay. We're generally pretty good dogs. Mostly.

Jake (and Fergs)

Sue said...

You're doing a great job. Mom is doing obedience class with some of us, then later in the summer we'll go to school with other dogs and take a class there. In October there is a trial here and Mom says one or two of us can compete, if we pay attention and learn a lot.
The Porties