Today was responsible Dog Owners day so we headed to
Centralia for a fun
doggie day in the park. There were dog's of all shapes, sizes and colors. Here
Danzig say's hello to a pink and purple poodle. We spent a couple of hours just walking around and checking out the smells and then headed off to sign up for
AKC CGC (Canine Good Citizen) testing.
The test has 10 stations included a separation test. Here a police officer holds
Danzig while I hide behind a tree. The police officer had a K9 s
hepherd and he was smitten with
Danzig since the moment we arrived. We spent a lot of time talking with him.
I'm a very proud Mom today as
Danzig passed and is now officially a
CGC! I was nervous but
Danzig was as cool as a cucumber and he did great!
After the test we headed to the brand new off leash dog area at the far end of the park. This was our 1st such experience and I've heard some horror stories so was apprehensive at 1st. The area had just opened a few weeks ago so it was clean and not at all crowded. There were 2 separate areas, 1 for big and the other for small dogs. The white dog saying hi to
Danzig was a shepherd who just had his coat shaved.
Way to go
Danzig, you rock!
There were several police dog presentations including bomb/drug sniffing and apprehending a criminal (here demonstrated by Ajax) during the day. Ajax is the K9 units newest addition and SSDCA member Jeanette organized a fundraising effort to get him a bulletproof vest. There was a presentation by the club and then they announced Jeanette as the Shiloh Shepherd lady.
I think this pic is just so cute. Just after Jeanette spoke and another police man (the chief I believe) was talking, look how Jeanette is gazing down at Ajax. You can just see the love.
Here Ajax struts his stuff in his new vest.
There were other demonstrations throughout the day including some dancing dog routines.
You gotta love those dancing dogs! The Burmese Mountains dog's did a cart pulling show as well but somehow I missed it completely!
