As a mom of a fellow nutty male newf who has questionable manners, I need to know....HOW did you get him to pass this test?! How did you get him to greet people without mauling them?!!
The secret was doing the test at a big dog event after walking him around first so he was tired and out of it. Plus, the woman who tested us was pretty low key. He would not have passed it THAT DAY if we had done it in a more formal setting because he was hardly paying attention to me. I tihnk she passed him because he was so lazy and sweet that she thought, "Aw, to hell with it. This dog's not going to hurt anyone." He has passed the test on practice rounds at PetSmart before, though...It still felt kind of like we cheated. Usually we ask people to ask him to sit before giving him any attention, although he did maul some people in PetSmart today. Luckily, they understood because one of them grew up with a Newf :)
You know, I think if it were at some big, over-stimulating event after he was tired out, we'd have a real shot! I didn't know petsmart does practice rounds! I need to do some homework...
As a mom of a fellow nutty male newf who has questionable manners, I need to know....HOW did you get him to pass this test?! How did you get him to greet people without mauling them?!!
ReplyDeleteThe secret was doing the test at a big dog event after walking him around first so he was tired and out of it. Plus, the woman who tested us was pretty low key. He would not have passed it THAT DAY if we had done it in a more formal setting because he was hardly paying attention to me. I tihnk she passed him because he was so lazy and sweet that she thought, "Aw, to hell with it. This dog's not going to hurt anyone." He has passed the test on practice rounds at PetSmart before, though...It still felt kind of like we cheated. Usually we ask people to ask him to sit before giving him any attention, although he did maul some people in PetSmart today. Luckily, they understood because one of them grew up with a Newf :)
ReplyDeleteYou know, I think if it were at some big, over-stimulating event after he was tired out, we'd have a real shot! I didn't know petsmart does practice rounds! I need to do some homework...
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