Tuesday evening Canine Solutions LLC in Beaver Dam, WI was hosting AKC Canine Good Citizen tests in every level which are Canine Good Citizen, Community Canine (previously known as Canine Good Citizen Advance) and Canine Good Citizen Urban.

Testing, I didn’t even study said Gman!

Tom took Josey as she needed her Community Canine and her Canine Good Citizen Urban, I of course loaded up all my dogs because each of them needed one or two levels. In order to do the higher levels you first need to complete the Canine Good Citizen, once you have that you can do or skip the Community Canine and move on to the Urban. Guilty needed Community Canine and Urban, Glory and Gambler needed Urban and Riggs didn’t have any so he needed to do the Canine Good Citizen.

It was a circus act as Guilty was in heat so that made things interesting and a great distraction to see if the boys could still be good citizens when a girl was calling their name. First Josey and Gambler went in. Gambler was a good boy hanging with Josey in class before everything got going. He is such a happy boy and really is good on the end of a leash. While doing the test I realized I miss doing events with him and should really attend more classes and enter him in Rally O or other events. Josey and Gambler did great and earned their titles needed.

Next was Glory and Guilty since they each had their CGC and Glory’s Community Canine. This was kinda hairy as I was the only one there so Tom had to hold one of my dogs while I completed the test with the other one. Since my dogs all know Josey and hang out with her they were kinda bonkers in the beginning as they thought it was play time. Josey was a good girl and just laid there while my girls were all wiggly and trying to get her to play. After all the wiggles it was get down to business time. Guilty passed both of the levels she needed. Glory passed her Canine Good Citizen Urban.

Finally up was Riggs, he is new to the game of events and hanging out with other dogs. He has shown he has lost his mind now that Guilty is in heat, even know he doesn’t live with me but across the field he knows Guilty is in heat and he isn’t eating, he is sniffing the air he is constantly smelling me and John to smell Guilty on us. So this was going to be interesting. While I was filling out the paperwork he did some wining but he stayed sitting. When it was our turn to test he actually did very well with only one opps during the test. He came across the spot where Guilty sat during her test and he sniffed the area and then pee’d on the spot before I even knew what he was doing. How embarrassing! The instructor was  nice and had us move to a different spot and repeat the test. One of the tests he needed to do was to be left alone with the instructor while I left the room. I didn’t know how he would do and actually he did great! He didn’t wine at all, so it must be me! He passed his test as well.

By the end of the night we had 7 titles (Josey’s title ribbons were not here at the time I took this photo). All the dogs did excellent and proved they could be good citizens in different environments.

A huge shout out to the instructors Polly (owner of Canine Solutions llc) and Roxann for all her help, thank you both very much and thanks to the members of the class that let my gang attend and test.