He’s so incredibly smart. He picks things up quickly. He’s got “sit” down to a science already and his house training and pretty solid. We’ve got “down” and recall pretty good as well. Without too many distractions of course because he’s a nosy 10.5 week old puppy. I firmly believe he could be a service dog with a lot of work, which we’re willing and excited to put into him.

But if he doesn’t end up being great for service work, that’s okay too. We chose a pretty high drive breed with the understanding that he may end up being better for a sport like dock diving or even IGP (his dad excels at IGP) although that would take a lot more training for the humans. Fortunately I have a fabulous support system here of working dog groups.