CGC Laila to the Rescue

How does the saying go, where there is smoke, there is usually fire? Well, my mom says it a little differently. She says that "where there are paper towels, Laila will usually be nearby."

Ok, I know what you are thinking and while I admit that I might have had something to do with the latest little mishap, I swear it wasn't my fault!
Let me tell you what really happened.

Yesterday, a little birdie knocked on the front door. He needed some paper towels really quick because it had been raining and he was all wet. Being the nice "Canine Good Citizen" that I am, I ran into the kitchen to get him a roll.
While I was trying to pull a piece off of the roll for him to dry his little birdie feathers with, the paper towel roll slipped a bit.
It's really pretty difficult to unwind a paper towel roll without opposable thumbs. All of my puppy friends know what I mean.
Anyway, I accidentally dropped it, and it rolled onto the floor.
I didn't need all of that! I just needed one piece since it was just a small little birdie.
I grabbed the paper towel roll to try to get just one piece and to roll up the rest.
But it kept getting tangled on my feet . . .
Hold on, birdie! I'll save you!

But, by the time I got back to the front door, he was gone!

And I was left to explain THIS mess to my mom:

So, the moral of this story is simple: don't trust little birdies.

Canine Good Citizen!

As of Sunday morning, I have officially become a Canine Good Citizen.

Yup, that's my badge.

My mom and I went for the official CGC evaluation yesterday to see whether I could pass ten tests:

1. Accepting a friendly stranger. Easy one! No one is a stranger to me; they are just people that I haven't kissed yet!
2. Sitting politely for petting. Another easy one! More pets and kisses please.
3. Appearance and grooming. I think we all know the answer to this one. Of course, I passed this test. Was it even a question?
   
4. Out for a walk (loose lead). I love taking walks with my mom. Are we going to the park?
   
5. Walking through a crowd. This one was weird since no one in the crowd even looked at me. Definitely not a realistic simulation because I've never gone on a walk without someone stopping to ask what kind of dog I am, to tell me how beautiful I am, or to ask if they can say "hello," but I passed anyway.
6. Sit and down on command and staying in place. I'm a champion sit-er and stay-er, but I was a little shaky on the "down." I usually save that trick for my dad, so I kept looking over my shoulder to see where he was. I mean, I'm pretty sure he came with us. Where did he go??? Once the judge let my dad come into the ring, I proved my skill by doing an excellent down.
7. Coming when called. Hi Mom, you called?!?
   
8. Reaction to another dog. Now, this one was a silly test. I guess some dogs get scared of other dogs, but I love everyone! I'm just sad that I wasn't able to play with the little dog. I guess it's a good thing though; she is so teeny-tiny that she probably can't play ball or frisbee. Actually, I think her entire body could fit inside of a frisbee.
   
9. Reaction to distraction. This was a mean trick to play on my mom. It didn't scare me one bit when the lady dropped her clipboard on the ground, but startled my mom and made her say "whoa! what was that?!?"
   
10. Supervised separation for 3 minutes. They judges were surprised that I did so well since I had been looking for my dad earlier during the test, but I passed this one with flying colors!

Oh, and did I mention that I had to do all of this tricks WITHOUT ANY TREATS?!?!

My mom is so proud of me!