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echo earned her CGC certification! (i.postimg.cc)
submitted 7 months ago by autumn to c/animals
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the canine good citizen test consists of ten items:

  1. accept a friendly stranger
  2. sit politely for petting
  3. accept ears and feet touched, plus a brush
  4. walk on a loose leash
  5. walk through a crowd
  6. sit, down, and stay
  7. come when called
  8. react appropriately to another dog
  9. react appropriately to a distraction
  10. stay with another person for three minutes

this is something i try to get with all my dogs, but my little dog definitely did not pass back when she took it as a yearling. very proud of how far echo has come since she's come to live with me—hard to believe that was only about three months ago!

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[–] godzilla_lives 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Congratulations Echo!!! That's no small feat of training, I bet you're proud :)

[–] autumn 10 points 7 months ago

most of it was already her personality, but stay was definitely one we had to train pretty hard on. she wants to go with me all the places!

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

She's an official good girl?

[–] autumn 7 points 7 months ago

the american kennel club finally got around to recognizing how good she is. ;)

[–] luciole 6 points 7 months ago

I would not pass this test.

[–] LallyLuckFarm 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Great job you two! Our boy still has real struggles with #10

[–] autumn 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

that one can be hard! thankfully all my current dogs are comfy with other people. it helps that if you take a class, the dog gets to know the person they’ll be staying with.

[–] LallyLuckFarm 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Super hard for us! He's basically with me all day every day for the last four years. He can do it if I'm in view but the second I'm out of sight things are not okay 😂

[–] autumn 3 points 7 months ago

poor guy! my aussie definitely had some separation anxiety when i first got him, but thankfully it’s tapered off as he’s gotten older. then again, he’s always been fine so long as he’s with somebody he knows.