Puppy Class at the Mall

Emmy at Puppy Class

Some of the other Paws dogs resting after class

Stella and her raiser

Siren- one of the little dogs. Paws is now accepting donations of small breeds for hearing assistance. (Sorry the picture is so blurry)

Tonight Emmy and I went to puppy class at Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids. This was a great outing for the dogs and a chance to work on their skills with LOTS of distractions! Each puppy & raiser team was paired up with another puppy/raiser. Because I'm a new raiser, I was paired up with a veteran raiser and we had a scavenger hunt like list of things to do during class time. We went off in the mall to accomplish tasks such as: sitting in the food court with the dog in a down, having strangers pet the dog (that wasn't a hard one to accomplish!), sitting in the bookstore, standing by the escalator, riding an elevator, walking around the mall without pulling, walking near the children's play area, etc. Emmy did fairly well. She was on overload a little at first with all the commotion, but after a while she relaxed, got a little more tired and settled right in to what she needed to do. It was a great class and I was able to capture some pictures of this great PAWS dog outing...never thought I'd see so many teal and maroon capes in one area!