Congrats to Rio!

[Ginny Nightingale]

At the tender age of 6 1/2 months old, Rio has passed his Canine Good Citizen test!! The best part was the long stay, where I had to leave him with a stranger on his lead, tell him to stay, then leave the room for three minutes. We had tried this before and he was OK, but tonight, I left him in a sit position and he never moved! The trainer couldn't believe it and the "stranger" commented that he looked like a stuffed animal! I was so proud of him.

My trainer has CGC classes combined with Therapy Dog International training, so we were doing both. That means he had to greet a person in a wheelchair, walk near hospital equipment, get used to loud noises, etc, as part of the TDI training. He did fine with all that but he is too young to take the Therapy dog test (the dogs have to be one year old). We will go back in four or five months and do a refresher course, then take the TDI test. 

All that testing has exhausted him--he has been asleep on the kitchen floor since we got home--we will have to celebrate tomorrow--maybe with a fresh cow hoof to chew on-- Congrats, Rio!

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

Good job Rio!! You must be so proud!

[Ellen, Brûlée, and Tira]

Way to go, Rio!  What a smart puppy!  :)

[Tina, Clover, Plus 5 More]

Congrats Rio! 

[Donna K & Quincy]

WTG, Rio, congratulations.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Good job, Rio!!!

[Camilla and Darwin]

Yay Rio, you are a good boy!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Wow! Congrats to Rio

[Sara Schultz]

Congrats to Rio, but bigger congrats to Ginny for the hard work you put into training him. It's paying off! That's so great.

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

That is such a great accomplishment for such a young doodle. Imagine what he'll be like in another year or two! Wow. Great job to both of you!

[Dori & Rua]

Brilliant job Rio and Ginny, too!  Congrats.

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

Good job Rio! Congratulations. If only you could teach SophieBear to sit and stay for that long!

[Elizabeth & *Kosci*.]

Congratulations Rio!!