Rainy is a Superstar!

Rainy passed her CGC yesterday! We were at the Fido Festival in NJ and there was a lady there doing testing. I thought what the heck it's worth a try for $20. The hardest thing was having her lay down on command. We didn't have to sit which was nice. I asked if I could bring a dog bed for her to lay down on, and it was allowed! I doubt she would lay on grass... She passed with flying colors and actually the testing lady used us as the calm dog tester for the dog before us.

We walked/skipped through the T shape on a loose leash and Rainy stayed right next to me in a heel the whole time. It was so easy and relaxed that neither of us were nervous, we just had fun with it. She laid right down when I asked her to and the lady had a long lead to show that I had recall. I told Rainy to wait and marched to the end of the long lead, got down on my knees and called

"Rainy"
Dog blinks at me
"Come Here"
Lays there staring
"Hey This Way"
Mom you just told me to lay down, seriously?
"Rainy!"
blink blink
"Lets Go" <---- These two words worked! and she got up and slowly sauntered over to me.

Now as I'm typing this it occurs to me that I told her to "Wait" her release word is "Ok" Now who's the stupid one? *sigh* User error.....

The testing lady kept gushing at the end about how Rainy should do therapy work! I thought about trying that at one point, but unless someone makes a huge fuss over her, Rainy ignores them. Probably half my fault since I'm not too social and half the fault of us living in the ghetto for a few years. She got so used to everyone being scared of her that she just gave up on getting pets. Then the whole "raw feeding will kill everyone" drama hit and none of my dogs will ever be therapy dogs

We tested in a chaotic environment AND never practiced or trained for it and she passed with flying colors! I'm so proud of my perfect little Rainy! Every time I start thinking about it I just want to squish her in a hug. She's such a good pup!!!

I think I'm going to frame her certificate and hang it on the wall!