Today, Linda wasn't able to make it to class because of the weather (Minnesconsin I tell ya), so Maddie ran the class for us. We spent a little bit of time in the classroom talking over some logistical things and plans for different events (including going to the prison again) that we have coming up! We then worked on "step" a little bit and Darby was really good with it (I kind of started training her on it a little bit earlier today).
We then moved to the larger open area in Hagestad to play some games with the dogs and training. I went to the group that went to play the game "My Dog Can Do That!" by Dr. Ian Dunbar. It's a really hard intense game. Eventually Maddie came over and saw the game and what they were asking us to do, and she had the whole group do the tasks - which were super hard! It was a good time because then we could gauge where our dogs were at! Darby did okay, but it gave us a good meter at where she was at and what we had to work on. One of the tasks they had us do was to ask our dogs what 2 + 1 equals and the dog had to paw at the ground 3 times, so we started to shape her "dig" using Jenny's jacket and some smelly treats. She was so tired at the end of the night that when we tried to see if she could "read," she was just so distracted and wasn't really paying attention to us, so Maddie just Jenny and I help clean up!
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