Obedience Jump-Start

You're at a company picnic. Kids are running around, people are grilling hamburgers, and your brand-new puppy Red, who doesn't yet know how to walk on a leash, is asleep on your lap. Suddenly your boss's dog steals a hamburger and takes off. Your boss runs after the dog to tell him what a bad dog he is. When your boss finally returns without his dog (not to mention the hamburger), he says, "I took Blackie to obedience class, but I guess he forgot what he learned."

But Blackie’s memory is fine. And he did learn the basics. He just didn't learn them in Jump-Start. Blackie was taken to a traditional "classroom"-style obedience class, and he did well. But since the class had no "real life" challenges, Blackie knows how to behave in a classroom, but doesn't have a clue how to behave everywhere else.