10/23/2025
Congratulations to Zonko, Ollie and Evie who took BLOF’s basic obedience and passed the CGC test last night!
To pass the test, a dog must demonstrate the following skills:

🐾Accepting a friendly stranger: The dog remains calm and does not jump on a stranger who approaches and acts in a friendly manner.
🐾Sitting politely for petting: The dog sits calmly while being petted by a stranger.
🐾Appearance and grooming: The dog accepts being groomed and examined by someone other than the owner, such as a quick check of ears and feet.
🐾Walking on a loose leash: The dog walks on a loose leash without pulling, including right and left turns and stops.
🐾Walking through a crowd: The dog walks politely on a loose leash through a crowd of people, showing no aggression or fear.
🐾Sit and down on cue, and stay: The dog will sit, lie down, and stay in place on cue.
🐾Coming when called: The dog will come to the handler when called.
🐾Reacting politely to another dog: The dog reacts politely when another dog and its handler approach.
🐾Reacting to distractions: The dog remains calm and does not panic or show aggression when faced with common distractions like a dropped chair.
🐾Supervised separation: The dog remains calm when the owner leaves for a short time while the dog is in the care of an evaluator.
