Oh, Remi! What a good boy you are!
Don't they just amaze you?

 

They really do... I love reading stories of how great animals are, but it's even more amazing when it's personal. That man never did speak, but he smiled and held his hand out the whole time... I feel like our babies are so much more than just "dogs"

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With Ben it's been those moments when he surprised me with his instinctive gentleness around the very young and the very old.

We adopted him at 3 years old and he was a very wild puppy. He had had no training at all and no socialization. He would jump and bite and get overly excited at the drop of a hat. It took a while before he stopped attacking me, or getting out of control, and he still gets crazy excited at times, though he doesn't hurt us any more.

And yet, when a two year old ran up to him in a store and threw her arms around him, he stayed perfectly still.

When the very frail old lady at the mailbox reached out to pat him, he stood perfectly still.

When a group of school kids at a park RAN up to pet him, he sat perfectly still.

There are a lot of other occasions just like that, where he did great with strangers.

He is a very good boy, and I've been very proud of him.

 

My proud moment this year was when I took Coop for the first time to our local Nursing Home in Sept. He is not a CGC boy nor trained in Therapy, but has such good manners and is very calm, so he was my choice to take. I was nervous (never done this before) and Coop is a bit hesitant about greeting new people unless I tell him it is OK.

We entered and Many residents came over in wheelchairs and surrounded him before I could get more than a few feet in the doorway. This I Hadn't counted on. Like he had done this all his life, he gently stepped forwards to a man and laid his head on his shoulder..the man stroking his big ole head and buried his face in Coop's neck. He called him Calvin and just hugged Cooper so close. Nurse told me later this man wouldn't speak much at all and she was very surprised how he talked to my dog.

Coop made me so proud that day, such love he gave, and here I was so worried that he would be overwhelmed. I cried a lot that day, not only for the residents there for they were so kind, but that my boy was so good and was on his best behavior. What a good day.

 

I walked Salty off leash every day, through the woods. She was a runner and often went off on her own adventures but she'd always come back and "check in". One day, while she was near me on a "check in", a person on a bike came booking around the trail and scared the daylights out of me. For the rest of that walk, Salty stayed by my side and didn't wander AT ALL. I knew she knew I was scared and it was her way of telling me I was safe with her.

 

My proud moment with Penny was on the beach on Mustang Island, a barrier island near Corpus Christi, Texas. She was walking off leash, just mozzying around, about 75 feet ahead of me and going towards a couple walking in our direction.

Some people don't want an unleashed dog coming up to them so I whistled. She stopped so fast she thru up a bit of sand. She turned and looked at me, I gave her a hand motion to come. She turned immediately and started trotting towards me. When she got close I gave her the hand signal for sit/front. Then I motioned for her to walk close to me. Not a word was said.

I was so impressed because my feisty girl had never been that responsive to me. The people, it turned out, loved dogs and came over to pet her and tell me how well-trained she was.

I had the good sense to say thank you instead of telling them I was just as surprised as they were. She made me so proud, I didn't want to diminish what she had done.

She was always an "obedience optional" kind of girl so when she was obedient, I knew it came from her heart.

 

Isn't it neat how our babies have these instincts in certain situations? Roxy(my schnauzer mix) is VERY optional obedient so I know those feelings in moments where she listens! I think it is the best feeling when your companion shows their stuff thanks everyone for the stories!

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What great stories! I had a great experience with Cooper the other day, in fact I was so proud that I came home and emailed our breeder. Our local pet store had pictures with Santa. When we arrived at the pet store, it was completely packed. I left Cooper in the car to scope out the situation in the store and see what kind of dogs were in there before bringing him in. So when we went in, I was a bit nervous because of all the dogs and people around. Cooper and I have been working on staying calm greeting people and loose leash walking but there's only so much you can expect from a 7 month old puppy. We went into the store and I could tell he was excited but he maintained composure very well. He did not pull on the leash and stayed by my side the whole time. When it came time to take the picture with Santa, we went up and got the perfect picture the first time, when it was taking 10 mins on average for other dogs. There were a couple dogs that were barking, in a not very friendly way, and Cooper ignored them and stayed by my side, only standing when someone came over to pet him. Everyone was telling me how well behaved my little guy was. I couldn't have been prouder.


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What an excellent boy, Cooper! You must have bursting your buttons!

 

Yay Cooper!!!! Thanks for sharing

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i just love these stories.

I have a proud parent moment any time we are around kids. Bo just LOVES kids. If he sees one he will stop in his tracks and just sit until they come over to say hi. Sometimes we have to sit for 5 minutes on our walk until the kid actually makes it up to us LOL.

But anyways- Halloween I thought might be a challenge for us, but he nailed it. He had ten kids in costumes all around him petting him at once and he just sat and was loving every minute of it. He even laid down and asked for a belly rub from them.

In hindsight I should have taken a picture of him getting a belly rub from a princess, a witch, a spiderman, etc all at the same time

 

Wow.... Rem recently learned not to jump at children but he does get more excitable with them. How amazing that your boy stays so calm

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My first proud moment was when Bear figured out that pottying inside was a no-no. It was like a light bulb went off in his head, that shone for all to see.

I have quite a few, so I'm going to list the ones that stand most prominently in my mind (in no particular order)...

-We were at a Big Box store moseying around when Bear was around like 5-6 months and a woman in a wheelchair with a puppy on her lap snuck up on me (I'm SO VERY observant) and I came to realize something was happening when Bear was pulling on his leash. I turned around to see him, very gently leaning up to her for pets and being calm and courteous. I cried like a banshee when I retold the story to my husband. Bear was such a gentleman!

-The first successful FULL fetch, meaning he fetched and delivered to my hand

-EVERY TIME he comes when I whistle. I didn't actively train for this. I started adding a whistle when I called him and now he will come to the whistle. No need for me to get chilly.

-I am especially proud b/c last night amid chaos, he was the first to respond to my commands and he did so gleefully!

 

One of the reasons I've had goldens is because of their good natured reputation.

My elderly mother had suffered a series of mini-strokes, was no longer speaking and appeared to be in a trance most of the time. While never a pet person she respected my love of dogs. Anyway one time I brought Maggie over for a visit and sure enough my mom spoke! She would call her over to her chair and was petting her. We were all shocked. Once Maggie went home my mom stopped speaking again.

Now with Flirty, I've always gotten complimented on how well behaved she is especially at the vet's or the groomers. OK, I know they probably say that about all goldens but it still makes me proud of her. This past summer the Pigmentary Uveitis caused big time glaucoma flare ups which are very, very painful and she eventually lost both eyes. Through all of the eye exams and trips to the ER vet she never once was uncooperative or showed any displeasure. Took it all in stride. Everyone just loved on her. Every visit to the opthamologist was like a Party for Flirty, one by one the techs and clinic workers would come out to the waiting room to say hi to her because they heard she was there. And believe me, for all the time spent in that waiting room, I never saw that happen for any other dog waiting to see the doctor.

So now that she has been completely blind for ten weeks, she responds to my voice more than I'd ever imagine. I am so proud to take her out in public. We are taking a nosework class and even the trainer commented on how well Flirt relies on my voice. I am just SO proud of her!

 

Deaglan is going on 11 months. Nothing yet.

 

Not a single thing in the 9 months you've had him that made you proud?


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Dex wasn't just the first puppy, he was difficult. He loved destroying things, it was even more titillating when he was scolded for destroying something because he would make it into a game. He did thought that he was above rules and listening.
So he was almost a year old, and we went to the local fair. He was doing fairly well, with all the crowds and noises. It was a hot day, so my SO and I lined up for this lemonaid stand for an hour. In the line Dex was getting sort of bored, but people seemed interested in him, so I got him to do tricks and let people give him treats. He was just eating up the attention he was getting, but since it was hot I was periodically taking him to sit in the shade. We were sitting on the bench underneath the tree. There was the bench I was sitting on, then the tree and then another benching facing the opposite way. An elderly woman sat on the bench opposite to us, and Dex went and sat next to her and she started petting him like it was something that they've always done for. I was so proud of him, and I knew that I wanted to work my hardest to help him to adjust.

I took this picture a little bit after it happened.

 

That is one beautiful boy.

Dex wasn't just the first puppy, he was difficult. He loved destroying things, it was even more titillating when he was scolded for destroying something because he would make it into a game. He did thought that he was above rules and listening.
So he was almost a year old, and we went to the local fair. He was doing fairly well, with all the crowds and noises. It was a hot day, so my SO and I lined up for this lemonaid stand for an hour. In the line Dex was getting sort of bored, but people seemed interested in him, so I got him to do tricks and let people give him treats. He was just eating up the attention he was getting, but since it was hot I was periodically taking him to sit in the shade. We were sitting on the bench underneath the tree. There was the bench I was sitting on, then the tree and then another benching facing the opposite way. An elderly woman sat on the bench opposite to us, and Dex went and sat next to her and she started petting him like it was something that they've always done for. I was so proud of him, and I knew that I wanted to work my hardest to help him to adjust.

I took this picture a little bit after it happened.
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Thanks!

 

I had another proud parent moment....
Today in puppy classes we went out to greet people.... He did not nip, mouth, bite, or lick ANYONE. Huge step for Remi. Now he did miss his lunch time nap, then went through an hour training, and after that he got a little disobedient... aka tired lol. Just as I suspected, gave him some water and he passed out and didn't even finish the last 5 minutes of class. Poor fella.... but I was one proud momma today!
He's learning to sit for attention.... so he got sly and would walk beside someone and sit and look at them, waiting! Haha. That was kind of a cute and funny moment

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