[RKDinOKC]

One of the really good things this training does is teaches the dog pay more attention to you. That helps tremendously with all other training as well. It learns if anything happens it looks at you to see what to do.

When I used to take Penny R/C flying with me she would sit at my feet. When someone would come up and give her attention wanting to pet her she would look up at me to see if it was okay. Even if she had gotten attention from them before. She wouldn't move unless I said Okay.

The only thing she wouldn't do is stay in the Jeep when I was flying. When I was flying she would jump out and lay down right behind me. When I came in for a landing she would go get back in the Jeep. The only reason I knew she was there because other guys warned me to not set back or I would trip over my dog.

Got her to where she would go fetch beers out of the ice chests in the back of guys trucks. She even knew who's truck to get the beer out of. It got me free beers. Even if it was Old Milwaukee. If I let her drink beer she would drink it (she liked it), she would get real playfull for about 10 minutes, then want to sleep it off.

When she got my paper every morning the paper boy threw the paper at the end of the driveway. She would get the paper for the house across the street and two houses down on each side, put it on their porch, then get ours and bring it in. She would wake me up as soon as the paper was delivered every morning so she could go do her paper route.

On several occasions I took Penny to work with me. She would sleep laying next to my feet under my desk and nobody knew she was ever there.

Was working really late one night and she jumped up and started growling. I got up and turned to go see what was going on when a gun followed by a policeman appeared in the doorway. I said "It's okay" and she stopped growling. Someone had set the alarm not knowing I was still there. I don't know who was more surprised me seeing the gun coming around the corner, or the policeman being greeted by a growling dog.

I miss Penny.

However, right now Pepper is asleep right beside me while I'm on the computer.