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Uh Oh, I Had A Ruff Class Last Week... by, Binx

I was so happy to go to class like always yesterday! Mom said I was a little hyper though at first. I guess I did kind of act up, I suppose that I surprised her since I have been doing so good all along! Before class started we walked around the building a bunch of times to calm me down she said. I was more in the mood to play and that is why I was a little hyper! I am a very social Sheltie you know! Anyway, I was calm by the time class started and mom said that I was doing really good again. Remember the dog that I barked at last week for bothering me, well the dog was there again. It is a puppy and boy is that dog super hyper that is for sure! The dogs person is this big guy that is kind of loud and all. Well, when it came to the part of the class where mom and I had to stand in the middle of the class for everyone to come and pet me one at a time I was my usual shy self. I was a little figgity but mom kept giving me chicken and I was ok. That big guy came over for his turn and the way he put his hand at me really scared me A LOT! The chicken was not even on my mind at that point! I was trying real hard to hide behind mom from the scary, loud guy and do you know what he did? He kept coming at me anyway, WHAT! The instructor tried to get him to back off and mom told him to please stop so that she could calm me down, you know what he did then? He still came at me! You have got to be kidding! All my hard work was out the window from that! I wouldn't let anyone pet me again for a bit after that guy FINALLY got away from me! Why do people do that to me I just don't get! Mom was really mad that is for sure! After class she went to the instructor and asked her to keep that scary guy away from both of us because we have had enough! Mom and I know that I have to be good with strangers to be her Service Binx, I mean Dog, but do we really have to put up with aggressive people that come at me in that kind of way? Anyway, there is no class next week and mom and I will be doing a whole lot of practicing and training together and she said that she is going to take me for a good walk before the next class! Hopefully that big guy and his super hyper puppy will stay away from us when we go back! Until next time..... :)

Sissy

Oh, I am sorry that that

Oh, I am sorry that that happened, I hope he stays away too!

Binx, CGC

Hi there Sissy! Thanks for

Hi there Sissy! Thanks for stopping by! Mom will be making sure that him and his hyper dog stays away from both of us next week! She does not like him either! :)

Abby

Wow that sounds like one

Wow that sounds like one scary guy. Does he come at you with the palm side of his hand down and from the top swooping. My trainer told my mommy that sometimes skittish dogs do not like that especially if they have already had some problems with that person before. He recommends that you approach us doggies with your palm up and further down not coming from way up high. It is less of a threat, and this guy and his dog sounds like they need to do some kissing up so to speak. Binx, we have very long memories and probably remembered what happened last time. Lucky for me, the dog and owner that started all the ruckus in our class never came back. I am still friends with the Pittie and Malinois though.

Binx, CGC

Hi there Abby, that is what

Hi there Abby, that is what my mom said! You are not supposed to put your hand like that to a dog! He had his hand like he was going to hit me or something! I knew that he wasn't but I sure did not like the way he came at me that is for sure! And he would not stop coming at me either, what is wrong with that guy!! Grrrrr! He is so lucky that I didn't give him a really good barking that is for sure! I hope that he never comes back to any of the classes that I am in again because I am sure that I will not forget him! Mom says that us dogs can tell when a person is a jerk anyway and I knew right away that he was! :)

Tinkerbell

Well, if you ask me there is

Well, if you ask me there is a big difference between being around lots of people and having them touch you. If you are 'working' people aren't supposed to come up to you anyways, right?? I don't like people that swoop in on me either.

Binx, CGC

Hi there Tinkerbell! You are

Hi there Tinkerbell! You are so on my wavelink I swear! I have to say that you are right, why do I need to be touched when I am in training or when I am doing my Service stuff for mom, I don't get it! Grrrr!!!! I just have to get through the last class of people touching me and then the test and hopefully I will be able to sit still just long enough to pass the test and then the stranger touching will be over, oh yes it will! :)

Cheeky

Oh I don't like people

Oh I don't like people touching me either. They are so wrong for that. Mom has started picking me up when someone wants to pet me and I think yeah she's saving me, but then she presents my rump to them to pet. I mean really! What is she thinking ... that I won't notice or something. Don't tell her but I have to admit I find that a little less scary.

Pippi

I'm sorry that happened,

I'm sorry that happened, Binx. I do great when someone comes at me from the side, but if someone tries to reach over my head to pet me I will back up sometimes. My teacher said that is a natural reaction and it's people who need to be taught the proper way to approach us.

Binx, CGC

Hi there Pippi and Cheeky!

Hi there Pippi and Cheeky! Oh no Cheeky, people petting you tail area! Oh no! Mom can't get away with that for me, I am to big!! Pippi, I have to agree. People do need to learn how to be around dogs! Why do they have to come at you like they are going to swat you I don't know! I hope that they are not in my next class that is for sure! I will know in a few weeks....

Tinkerbell

You can do it, Binx!! Just

You can do it, Binx!! Just close you're eyes and think happy thoughts?? lol

Binx, CGC

Thanks Tinkerbell, I will

Thanks Tinkerbell, I will try my very best! I have two weeks to get ready! Mom said that now that I have my Service Binx vest and she has the week off class next week we have to go to lots of places where there are lots of people and practice a lot! It is a good thing that she has a lot of healthy and tasty training treats to take with us! :)

Pippi

Oh Tink I kind of have to

Oh Tink I kind of have to laugh when I hear you, Tinkerbell, telling someone to think happy thoughts. If you can supply some pixie dust then maybe we can fly. BOL. We were watching Peter Pan the other day and it made us think of that.

Binx, CGC

Hahahahahaha!!!!! I love how

Hahahahahaha!!!!! I love how everyone says funny stuff on the blogs!!!! I so have puppy giggles right now! :)

Pippi

Binx if you want to laugh

Binx if you want to laugh you should see Mom and Cheeky dancing. Now that's funny! Sometimes if Mom has a few extra minutes in the morning they will dance.

Binx, CGC

Oh Pippi, that sounds so

Oh Pippi, that sounds so funny and cute! :)

Tinkerbell

LOL....pixie dust in on it's

LOL....pixie dust in on it's way, Pippi. Then you can fly up here to play with me in the snow. Tell Cheeky to bring a xtra heavy coat and boots!!

Binx, CGC

Did someone say snow!!!! I

Did someone say snow!!!! I miss snow, mom says that we wont be going to see any this year though :( Tinkerbell, can you send me some!!!!!!

Pippi

Someone gave Mom some little

Someone gave Mom some little shoes for Cheeky and I. Cheeky has had the front two on, but I wouldn't let Mom try on my feet. Cheeky might learn to like her shoes if there was snow. BOL Let's all go play in the snow at Tinkerbell's house. Then we can all come play in the leaves at my house. After that we can all go play in the park at Binx's house. Abby, have you got snow?

Binx, CGC

I don't blame you a bit

I don't blame you a bit Pippi! Mom got me little boots when we lived back home for my first winter and I kept shaking them off! You know what I did then, I played with them and chewed them! Nope, didn't have to wear those silly things again! That sounds like such a great idea of playing in each others yards, did you say snow!!!!!!!!!! :)

Tinkerbell

Yay!!! We'll start north

Yay!!! We'll start north and head south to where it's nice and warm. We still have about 4 inches. Plenty to play in. :) I love to run around and stick my face in it! Mom says she definately will send you some, Binx. If she could she'd probably send you all of it. lol

Binx, CGC

Woohoo! Playing with my

Woohoo! Playing with my friends from the snow to the warmth, now that would be living wouldn't it! So, how do you think that you are going to get that snow to me Tinkerbell!!!!!??????

Tinkerbell

Um....hmmmmm....I'll have to

Um....hmmmmm....I'll have to get back to you on that. You could always come to the snow??

Binx, CGC

Tinkerbell, mom said that we

Tinkerbell, mom said that we won't be able to travel this winter and no snow for us. I am so sad! She said that her and her two human sons will all be done with college by May and then it will be easier to get away after that. Maybe next winter......

Tinkerbell

Still thinking about how I

Still thinking about how I can send you some. We usually don't go anywhere in the winter either. Weather can be to unpredictable around here. One minute its beautiful and sun shining, next it's white out conditions. Monday it was raining hard pieces of something, I did not like it.

Binx, CGC

I hear that Tinkerbell. My

I hear that Tinkerbell. My only winter in the snow was like that. And oh, that super slippery stuff that my little paws were going all over on also. What the heckaro is that all about! Raining hard stuff, oh no! I bet that you stayed inside for that so it would not hurt you!

Tinkerbell

You bet I did. I was not

You bet I did. I was not impressed. And when Vixie was trying to come up the steps she slid right back off.

Binx, CGC

Uh oh, poor Vixie sliding

Uh oh, poor Vixie sliding all all over like that! I hope that you don't get a whole lot of that slippery stuff this year! :)

Tinkerbell

Yup...I tried not to

Yup...I tried not to laugh...to much :) She had this really puzzled look on her face. It's raining today...yuck

Binx, CGC

Well Tinkerbell, we are

Well Tinkerbell, we are still giggling at the picture in our heads of what that must have looked like! :)