Long-Dangerous Tails

Hugo had his first class at U of M yesterday, and what a trooper !  We started with two flights of stairs, only our second time, but Hugo trotted right along with little hesitation. 
The hallway was filled with obstacles, students sitting on the floor, and backpacks strewn everywhere.  No problem.  After a brief class session, we walked with a few other students back up
the stairs and across a busy courtyard.  Students walking, biking, and even rollerblading, didn’t distract Hugo.  We had practiced these types of obstacles at the city park many times,
although in smaller numbers.  The next building had an elevator up to the 4th floor.  This was his first ride, but he rode like a pro, squeezed between 8 other students.  As we entered
a very full classroom, Hugo found a spot next to my chair and settled in, occasionally looking up to see if anything exciting was going on. 

Training was clearly paying off, since he had already learned not to interact with people around him while working.  Most of the students didn’t even know he was in the room until we got up
to leave for the evening.  We had a bit of walk back to the car, along the way stopping to hear the bells in the bell tower playing a beautiful tune, and checking out a large water
fountain.  Bikes frequently zipped past us, but again, no distraction for Hugo.

We are having fun.  Mac is a lunatic–so we are

working on making him understand that the tug comes

out when I want it, not when he decides to run to the

gate to look at the bag with the toys in it.  And not

when he does his little Schutzhund bark/whine routine.

He has no idea what to do with the big tug toys–I

bounced one around in the kitchen and he tentatively

tried it, but then went back to leaping and jumping,

so we have to keep playing around.