A Special Place in Your Heart

Another good week for Nico! All TENS for her commands during show and tell this week, which is kind of a misnomer, if you think about it, because it's all show and no tell. For those who don't know, show and tell is a once-per-week status report where the trainers get up in front of the whole dorm and run their dogs through all of the basic commands. They're graded on the way they give the commands and how well the dogs respond. All tens means that Nico not only did all the commands correctly, but she also nailed all the little details like not breaking a command too early, or being perfectly straight on the heel. This was the first time she got all tens this session!

This means that her trainer knows that she can do them all, so now she just has to keep them sharp until the final test. It also means that they can use the remaining time to try some other more advanced commands and tricks. That should be really fun!

This upcoming week is swap week, so Nico will be going to another trainer in another part of the dorm. This is like a trial run for the big move to her forever home in a few weeks. It's only one week, but her trainer says he already misses her!