December--already!

Here we are another month gone by and I'm not posting frequently. Classes have ended at the obedience club, but I'm still assisting with a new instructor. I'm trying to teach Missy some tricks--my goal is to teach her several tricks (roll-over, shake, spin, etc) to distract people from trying to pet her. Until I've gotten her over her fear of strangers, I need to keep people from causing her to regress. Our stand stay is coming along. She's learning to allow me to come up to her and touch her on her back. Even my sisters cause her to 'melt' (lay down with ears pinned back). I've begun teaching her go outs and the glove exercise. Nothing really formal, just the basic ground work right now.
Quinn has learned to actually play with toys. I played fetch with him at the building with a rubber knot toy. He played with a plastic Frisbee at my house and at my sister's . This is a huge step, because always before he was too frightened of Danny to play with anything.