Cooper's CGC test is Wednesday

[Christina and Cooper plus Benny]

Cooper is taking his Canine Good Citizen test this coming Wednesday! I am excited, and have spent a lot of the weekend practicing. I believe he will pass...but I guess you just never know! He does well when greeting most people, but every once in a while he jumps right up on them? Don't know why? At any rate the test is at the training facility we go to, and he does great there....so I think we will be fine!
Anybody have any last minute tips or tricks? I am going to take him out and run run run him Wednesday afternoon before the test! He does a lot better when he is well exercised!

Fingers crossed!

Christina and Coop

[Kyoko]

I went to the testing site a bit early, and practiced there a little to get her in the "mood". I also kept her a bit hungry and rubbed my target hand with Zuke's Mini Treat to entice her for good heeling :-0
Good luck to you and Cooper!

[Adina P]

I ran Rosco and started working him early in the day...practicing in a nearby park. For Rosco it only made him worse I think. I think from his perspective he was starting to feel the repetition was condescending...LOL.
Pointless reminders of what he already knew...eventually he said "whatever" hahaha! But I don't think that will happen with you and Cooper. Rosco's just lazy so he got tired and then was even less interested in doing what he was supposed to.

[Adina P]

Good luck! My Rosco did way worse on the CGC test than during training...and he passed. Unless it is one of the exercises where you can't repeat a command (or not more than once or whatever)...remember you can talk him through stuff--it's not straight memorized performance =)