Started a refresher course of advanced obedience with our Labbie last night. He gets exercise, but with both of us physically limited, he doesn't get a lot of socialization with other dogs/people, which is where he needs some work. He's also only 2, and if you know Labbies, you know their brains don't fully gel until somewhere between 4 and never....

This class was small - only 5 dogs, 3 of them chocolate Labbies, one mastiff mix, and one.... I don't know (some kind of chow mix who does not play well with other dogs). Several of the other handlers kind of freaked when they saw our dog working... until the trainer confessed that we were semi-regulars, I'm a former assistant, and our dog already (sort of) knew what he was doing (snicker!)
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