Sonny School

Sonny G completed his final class last night!

Our local Petco has been a godsend this past year, from the early months of attending the many weekend puppy plays to the last few months of training classes.  I honestly don't know what we would have done without it.  Sonny was socialized with other dogs there. He would run and play and burn off steam and come home so tired out that he would sleep the rest of the day away. The weekend puppy trainer at puppy play, Ryan, loved Sonny and would always take care and pick him up for a rub. At six months old, he aged out. Man was that a sad time. I felt a little lost without it. 

The classes were invaluable too. Trainer Lynda doesn't sugarcoat or let one get away with too much (2 legged as well as 4) and she was great to work with! After Sonny was neutered, we took a long break from class. At one point I was losing my mind with Sonny. He was entering a new phase of life and decided he didn't need to listen anymore. It was as if he lost every bit of training he learned and reverted back to young puppydom. I was losing it at times because I didn't know what I was doing wrong. DW took it upon himself to call Lynda and get a few words of advice. We quickly realized we needed to get back to basics. Once we did that, everything was fine and life with a young jack turned back to normal, or as normal as life can be with a young jack in the house.

If, in the future, we go back for advanced work, Lynda will be our go to teacher.  After all, Sonny isn't too cool for this school!