Let me also remind all of you that Bryer has 4 staples in his back foot. The staples are almost right where his foot bends, so you would assume that when he's acting like a nut bag that his foot would hurt - just a thought.
This is how staples spent his Tuesday before obedience school. We got a paper last week on overexcited dogs, it said it would be a good idea to exercise the dog before class so he's not so wound up. Here is how Bryer exercises - he takes after his Mom!
So we get to PetSmart a bit early today. Craig walks him in and we decide to walk him around the store a bit to help calm him down. The teacher suggest that this would be a good idea to try and help him get more comfortable while we are learning.
We start walking around and he's just taking it all in. Then we come to the cage in the middle of the store that has the mice, hamsters and birds. Bryer thinks it is the scariest thing he has ever seen!
Then we get to the dog toy aisle, he thought he was in heaven! He would grab a toy, he knew he wasn't supposed to have it, walk a few feet and then drop it! It was pretty funny!
Then class begins. At first the teacher asks how everyone is doing with their tricks. Of course the other two dogs are perfect (showoffs) - then there is Bryer. Little did we know that this entire class would consist of nothing but walking Bryer around the store, exactly what we just got finished doing. The goal was to be able to walk on a loose leash and not to jump on people when they greeted him. To get Bryer to stop pulling, we were to start walking, and as soon as he pulled we were to stop and wait on him to quit. Our walking started like this, Craig would take 2 steps and then stop, wait, 2 more steps, stop, wait, 2 more steps, stop wait. As we went on it got better and better - I truly think this is because he may have been getting worn out! Then, as we would walk up to an employee or customers in the store they were to pet Bryer. They would ask him to sit and he would get a treat and his reward would be them petting him. I was so very proud of him - he only jumped on one person! Except, everyone he met he was vigorously liking their hands because he figures everyone in PetSmart was a magical treat dispenser!
While we were walking around, we did come across the vet place they have inside of PetSmart. It had a scale to weigh your dogs. Since Bryer has been on his diet for almost a week now we figured we would weigh him and see how he was progressing. Last week at the vet he clocked in at 75.7 pounds. Today he weighed 80.2. REALLY?? How does that happen??
As I mentioned last week, there is a dog in class named Austin, he is an Australian Shepherd. He is super shy and gentle and just beautiful. Bryer is OBSESSED with him. He would not leave this dog alone at all. This dog is probably half Bryer's size, maybe even smaller. Bryer started out by wedging his head all the way into the dog's crotch and smelling him for a good 10 minutes. Then Bryer really sniffed him all over, he got a good ear sniff and everywhere else on his body - all the while this dog is cringing in disgust. Then Bryer thinks it would be a good idea to make out with him in class - he literally starts licking the dogs mouth - who does that? Then, Bryer does the infamous Bryer trick - the 'let me stand here with my paw on your back' - WHICH I HATE! I felt so bad for this little dog, Bryer just would not leave him alone! Bryer even made him yelp at the end of class! The instructor says that Bryer stepped on this dog's foot - I think Bryer bit him - not mean in any way shape or form, he was just playing. Poor Austin, he's never going to be the same.. :( I apologized to the dog several times and his owner really didn't seem to care, thank the Lord. I think next week we are going to choose seats that are not right next to Austin!
On the way home, Bryer was pretty tired (or seemed pretty tired)
He pulled one over on us for sure! As I'm typing this he is running around like a chicken with his head cut off throwing his dragon and chasing it. We are getting ready to go on our nightly walk and practice our loose leash walking skills. Our 15 minute walk may turn into 2 hours..
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