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<p class="MsoNormal">I have to comment on “basset training.”<span style=""> </span>Oliver went to obedience school when he was
about 5 months old.<span style=""> </span>Laura’s post made me
laugh because our experience was very similar.<span style="">
</span>I was younger then.<span style=""> </span>I thought I could
out-last Oliver; crack that thick head.<span style="">
</span>Oh, the ignorance of youth.<span style=""> </span>Our
time in obedience school was a constant battle of wills.<span style=""> </span>On the day of our final exam, I finally lost
the war.<span style=""> </span>We practiced and
practiced.<span style=""> </span>He did so well in our
dry-runs.<span style=""> </span>However, when it came time for
the class “final”, Oliver acted as if every command from me was merely a
suggestion, which was easily ignored.<span style=""> </span>It
was a disaster!<span style=""> </span>The worst part was
during the class sit-stay.<span style=""> </span>All dogs had
to sit until commanded to come.<span style=""> </span>Easy
enough, right!<span style=""> </span>Oliver got up, put his
nose to the ground and wandered all over the room, weaving in and out of the
other dogs, patiently awaiting a word from their masters.<span style=""> </span>It was awful!<span style="">
</span>I was so mad.<span style=""> </span>Despite blowing his
final (most impressively) Oliver was allowed to “walk” through graduation with
his class and received a diploma.<span style="">
</span>Needless to say he was not invited into any graduate programs.<span style=""> </span>(So ended Oliver’s formal education.)<span style=""> </span>It is funny now—10 years later.<span style=""> </span>Little has changed, except for my
expectations.<span style=""> </span>I am hardheaded but I am
no match for the granite mullet inside the folds of smooshy skin.<span style=""> </span>Good thing he is so lovable…</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kathy and Oliver A. Higgins</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/380337">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/380337</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<pre>------------------------------------------------------------</pre><pre>Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:23:07 -0800 (PST)<br>From: Laura Tancredi <tancgirl1980@yahoo.com><br>To: daily drool <dailydrool@dailydrool.org><br>Subject: [Dailydrool] Basset Training<o:p></o:p></pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br>
When Flash was 6 mos old we went to a puppy training class.<span style=""> </span>On a weekly basis was a mortified …<span style=""> </span><br style="">
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