SILVER!

Yesterday Ludo took her Silver Good Citizen exam. This follows on from the Bronze she did in December. It's a scheme run by the Kennel Club.

We've been working towards this for the last six months at dog training class. The hardest parts were the 2 minute down-stay, the walking past food on a loose lead without begging/stealing and the road-walking on a loose lead.

Ludo passed with flying colours! She's been doing the down-stay really well lately and didn't move a muscle. She didn't pull towards the food at all. The most nerve-wracking part of the test was the road-walk because Ludo does still pull on the lead.

I took her to the place where the test is held on Monday and did the walk eight times. I got up at 6am yesterday and took her for a good run in the park to wear her out. When I arrived to do the test, we did the walk three more times. Then the examiner was late, so I let her off lead with the other dogs doing the silver and they wore each other out playing on the field.

When it finally came to the road walk part of the test, Ludo was tired and compliant and pulled it off beautifully. SO WE PASSED!!!!

I don't know of any other Estrelas who have passed the Silver, so we are very proud of her.
Well done Ludo!