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Cheeky's First Blog Post

Cheeky is a tenacious Welsh Springer Spaniel puppy and she lives near Richmond, VA with her human, Crystal and her dog mom, Fanny as well as her half-sister, Trü, her aunt Poppy, cousin, Sizzle and Grandma Jasmine.  So far she has been learning tricks and a bit of obedience.  She knows:

  • sit
  • down
  • stand (this one will be important as she will be a show dog)
  • shake
  • high five
  • touch
  • up
  • paws up
  • go to your bed
  • rollover
Cheeky just started tracking classes.  She has had two swimming lessons and two barn hunt lessons.  Her mom has also let her do some scent work for fun with treats.  That was really fun because she loves to chew up cardboard.  

Cheeky is teething right now and still working on not chewing people.  Stay tuned for more of her training fun.

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