Our Story - Part One

Welcome to Pay Per Click for Dogs, dedicated to the two boys who inspired me to become a clicker trainer – the Misters Toby and Flaki.

Mister Toby (pictured here) and Mr. Flaki (pictured with me in my profile) came to me in January 1999, adopted from the SPCA and life has never been the same!

Soon after they arrived, it became clear that training was needed. Never having trained a dog before, Mr. Toby and I started a local obedience class in February. He was wonderful and excelled as we both learned the basic exercises. Before long I learned about competition obedience, the American Kennel Club (AKC) and obedience titles. Our first experience was earning the AKC Canine Good Citizen Award in October 1999. We went on to earn the United Kennel Club (UKC) Companion Dog Title (UCD) in September 2000 in one memorable Labor Day weekend. We did it in three straight trials with two first places and one second place.

The AKC Companion Dog Title (CD) came soon after in October with one first place. We also won lots of special prizes for highest scoring dog in different categories. We went on to earn an additional CD leg with a 3rd place finish and 3rd place in a run off (our first ever) in the non-regular (at that time) Rally class.

After all that, he became known as UCD Mr. Toby, CD, CGC!

I credit Mr. Toby with teaching me the joys of competition obedience and the communion you can achieve between dog and handler.