School -- Good and Bad

 Toby had his third class last night.  He is doing very well on some things and not so great on others.  He walks pretty well without tugging.  He doesn't hold anything in his mouth long enough to teach him "Drop it," and he is not doing well with "Leave it."  He does "Sit," "Down," and "COME"!!!!  Shocking about come!  He must have learned that before.  He got away from me a couple of days ago while taking things out of the car.  When I finally looked for him, he was gone.  I yelled, "Toby, Come!" and he ran to me immediately from the other side of the car!!!  And in our first "Come" exercises in class, he was perfect! 

Today, he awoke with a hoark.  He was seemingly trying to get something out of his throat, but nothing came.  Each time he awoke from resting, he would hoark.  We went to see the vet in case something could be stuck in his throat.  She thinks he picked up a bug in school at Petsmart.  The animal hospital is next door to our classroom, and he wanted to check out the hospital area during break.  Now he has two meds to take for the next several days. There is this marvelous new product -- "Pill Pockets!"  You place the pills inside the Pill Pocket, and the dog thinks it is a treat!