Moxxi Graduated Beginners Obedience!
Moxxi is 7 months old and just graduated from Beginners Obedience Training! I'm a SAHM and while the kids were in school I was able to fit in training. We were the only ones in the class so we had a ton of one on one work. The trainer has said we can skip Advanced Beginners and go right to Novice courses. Moxxi is our first Berner and I am so impressed with her. She is so smart and willing to learn.
For some context, we had a staffie mix who passed many years ago now (VERY smart) and then a pit bull mix (VERY sweet) and a Cane Corso (he shared a brain cell with our pittie mix). Our pittie passed at 15 years old in April of 2025 and our Corso succumbed to cancer 6 months later. We decided to completely switch it up breed wise and the Bernese spoke to me. We surprised our kids with her in December. I'm so happy to have a smart dog again.
We aren't doing training for any competitive reasons we just want a well behaved dog. We have 30 acres so she's got a ton of space to explore. I'm now working on walking her in our small town so she gets used to being introduced to new people and situations. We weren't sure how we would feel about a long haired dog but we are both just so impressed with this breed. My confidence from puppy classes to now has gone up exponentially. I just love her so much.