So, Lila has moved onto advanced obedience- I'm not really sure she "moved on" as much as she finished the first 12 weeks of beginning and had no where else to go but up. So, we have been going to advanced class on Monday nights. There are about 30-40 dogs in this ongoing class (basically you go whenever you want and only pay for the times you are there) and they are all big dogs with short hair that sheds all over the place. Anyway, she is the smallest dog there and the cutest- a fact that she exploits. She is always the first dog to act up and I have to yell 'no" at her from across the room and then go correct her.
Last night we weren't even there 5 minutes yet when she started sniffing butts and pretneding not to hear me. I yelled her name about 3 times, then finally I clapped really loudly and called her name and all the other dogs got all uptight at my clap and I think everyone there hates me now.
So after class there are "birthdays," basically an excuse to feed our dogs food I would rather not feel my dog, but the b-day dog's owner goes to this fancy dog bakery and spends about $20 for a doggie cake to share with the class- a nice gesture, but you can rest assured that we will not be going to class on Lila's b-day. Anyway, all the dog's get in a large circle and the owners sing "happy b-day" and then all the dogs start howling, except my dog. She starts running around in circles because she knows "cake" is coming. I guess they love cake. One night the lady next to me started eating it because she thought it was for people- it was doggie cake! It was so funny! She didn't know what to do, so she just ate it all- YUCK!
