Working our way up

Silas passed the first six weeks of training and on Wednesday we started the second six weeks. There is only one other dog in our class. There has to be a minimum of 3 dogs or they cancel the class however the trainer decided to keep it going. Silas has become one of her favorites and the other dog is a female golden retriever about a month or two older than Silas. Want to know why they are in training? Because their dog is terrified of other dogs and this results in extreme dog aggression, upon walking into class this dog immediately started growling, "foaming" at the mouth and tried to attack Silas. The trainer said Silas is the best dog for Bella, the other dog, to be in class with. After a few minutes she was okay with Silas as long as she wasn't too close to her owners and she was initiating the play. The trainer said for the next six weeks we can choose what we want to learn. With Silas we are focusing on things that will be useful in hospital settings and on preparing for the items on the tests. The other dog is focusing on not killing Silas. The next Therapy Dog session isn't until spring so after this six weeks I think I will probably sign him up to retake the course just so we can continue practicing the test items.