Graduation

Bennie graduated from basic puppy obedience on Monday night. He can now sit, down, stay, come, and walk loosely next to me. Granted, I have to pump him full of treats to perform any of his new tricks.

Each puppy was awarded a diploma. Here is Bennie's:



After the puppies receive their diplomas, each puppy got to pick a toy out of a big bone-shaped toy box. The other puppies were a bit indecisive. Not Bennie. He ran up and grabbed a blue fuzzy toy that he hasn’t let out of his sight since picking it up.

Here he is chewing on a chew bone while lying on his blue, fuzzy bear.



Here he is resting with his blue fuzzy bear. He had just woken up as I snapped this photo.



Also of note, Bennie destroyed his toy within 2 minutes of having it. He ripped a bunch of the stuffing out as we waited for Nacho, his classmate to pick out his toy. Don’t worry, though. I performed emergency surgery on his new friend when we got home. Now it’s good as new.