Puppy kindergarten

Today was our first puppy kindergarten class. Tim got off work this morning and even though he only got one hour of sleep at work, he was a trooper and made it to the class. As we were driving up, we saw all of these little puppies- a couple of labs, an Alaskan husky, a little french bulldog. It was ADORABLE. I would recommend people take a puppy class just for the sheer fact that all puppies are the cutest things ever.

Of course we get out of the car and Bella is just going ballistic.

NEW PEOPLE! NEW PUPPIES! PUPPIES! PUPPIES!! OMG, I can't CONTROL MYSELF!! MY BUTT MIGHT FALL OFF FROM WAGGING MY TAIL STUMP SO MUCH!!

So I MUST JUMP. AND BARK! AND ACT LIKE A TOTAL NUT JOB SO THESE PUPPIES KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THEM.

Which is exactly what she did. Out. of. control. At least we cannot say we have a mean dog. She just wants to play with anything and everyone.

So the class starts and the lady asks if any of us would care if she gave our puppies a rawhide to chew on if they were being crazy. Guess who got the first rawhide handout!? Ding ding ding! If you guessed Bella, you win!

Finally the instructor decides to just take Bella to the center of the class herself. I can't even tell you how happy Bella was to be prancing around in the center of the classroom as the center of the stage. It was HILARIOUS. Slightly embarassing, but more cute than anything.

We learned so unbelievably much in a little over an hour. I would highly, highly recommend a puppy class to anyone who gets a puppy. I mean, we thought we knew what we were doing and truthfully, she has been a great dog but this class has and will continue to give us tools to train her well (and to make our lives easier in the process).