Puppy Kindergarten

Tonight was the first night of Lucy's first obedience class. As it turns out, we're already doing what we're supposed to be doing and Lucy is doing great. The class started out with a free play period where we let all the puppies were allowed off leash. That was a total hoot to watch.

Lucy did well playing with the other puppies. That was a large part of wanting to take her there. To keep her well socialized with other dogs. And it looks like that will work out well. I also talked to the instructor about agility. I wanted to know if we'd have to wait until Lucy is a specific age -- someone suggested that she would have to be 2 before I could enroll her in agility class. But fortunately, that's not the case. She just have to do a few obedience classes and demonstrate that she can be controlled.

It was fun. And it was a good distraction for me. This past year has been awful and I have really fallen off the wagon as far as taking care of myself goes. I was reading my blog posts from 2010 to remember how I turned myself around last time. Between obedience class and reading my blog, it helped. I made it through the evening without snacking. I'm starting to feel like snacking now, so I think it's time to let Lucy out for the last time and head up to bed.