the canine good citizen test consists of ten items:

  1. accept a friendly stranger
  2. sit politely for petting
  3. accept ears and feet touched, plus a brush
  4. walk on a loose leash
  5. walk through a crowd
  6. sit, down, and stay
  7. come when called
  8. react appropriately to another dog
  9. react appropriately to a distraction
  10. stay with another person for three minutes

this is something i try to get with all my dogs, but my little dog definitely did not pass back when she took it as a yearling. very proud of how far echo has come since she’s come to live with me—hard to believe that was only about three months ago!

  • LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.orgM
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    3 months ago

    Super hard for us! He’s basically with me all day every day for the last four years. He can do it if I’m in view but the second I’m out of sight things are not okay 😂

    • autumn (she/they)@beehaw.orgOP
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      3 months ago

      poor guy! my aussie definitely had some separation anxiety when i first got him, but thankfully it’s tapered off as he’s gotten older. then again, he’s always been fine so long as he’s with somebody he knows.