WCB Mascot Goes to Puppy School

For those of you that have ever met the WCB mascot you know that she struggles to meet new people. She gets very excited and likes to jump. Also, if you approach her when she has a full bladder then she will definitely pee on you. The Boss and I have decided to sign her up for puppy school at the local PetSmart.

Tonight was the first class and Ellie met her teacher, Crystal, that "throws up when she has to clean up dookie."

When we got there we got our little booklet explaining all the rules and whatnot. We weren't there 10 minutes and Ellie already farted in class. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree I guess (The Boss got "most likely to fart in class" as her senior superlative).

The first thing we learned was the "cradle and massage." We will call it the choke hold. This shows the pup who the "alpha" is. Basically, you hold the dog down and then you release her once she becomes relaxed. Crystal was good at this. She took Ellie out! I wasn't bad myself but that is mostly because Ellie knows who her daddy is.

The Boss on the other hand...

This went on for about 5 minutes and finally got to this point...

She finally settled down and started to do pretty well.

Thanks to this class, we now know what Ellie HATES. Squirt bottle. We went right to Target and bought one.

Next class is Thursday night with 4 other dogs. It should be interesting. I'll keep you all posted.