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catbyte

(34,402 posts)
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 09:52 PM Nov 2019

Grandma Forges Diploma For Dog Who Failed Obedience School

"When I saw it, I immediately started laughing."

BY STEPHEN MESSENGER

There’s no doubt that Angel’s a very good boy — but school's just not his thing, is all.

Last year, Mariah Cervantes' grandma enrolled the dear dog in an obedience training course. Evidently though, for whatever reason, Angel just didn’t take to it.

He failed out.



Rather than admonish her pet about his little shortcoming, however, Cervantes' grandma decided to get creative instead.

Since Angel didn’t earn an actual doggy diploma, she went ahead and made a fake one herself, honoring the pup’s imaginary achievement.

Grandma even put the adorable forgery in a fancy gold frame for all to see.



Angel, no doubt, had tried his very best to meet the criteria for a real certificate — and that's really what matters most to Cervantes' grandma.

“When I saw it, I immediately started laughing and was not at all surprised. My grandma is so cute and is always doing things like this,” Cervantes told The Dodo. "She’s so proud of Angel, even though she awarded it to him herself."

https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/grandma-forges-diploma-for-dog-who-failed-obedience-school





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Grandma Forges Diploma For Dog Who Failed Obedience School (Original Post) catbyte Nov 2019 OP
Looks like a good boy. Tiggeroshii Nov 2019 #1
That is the trouble with millennials exboyfil Nov 2019 #2
Grandma is a good forger. It looks real. LisaL Nov 2019 #3
The gold seal convinced me. Brother Buzz Nov 2019 #6
Grandma is a good sport! KT2000 Nov 2019 #4
Lol. Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #5
So he was home-schooled! Happens all the time. ret5hd Nov 2019 #7

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
2. That is the trouble with millennials
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 10:19 PM
Nov 2019

Always getting participation trophies. That is a little bit of sarcasm.


On the other hand:

My daughter started dog agility when she was around ten. Our younger dog was a a natural at it, and she would go on to win a bunch of titles with my daughter and compete nationally three times (finishing fourth twice and winning top Jr. Handler one year). She wrapped up her career this year at 12 with another title.

The older dog continually ran out of the ring, but my daughter developed an entirely different technique with our boy. She would run to the outside of him and basically keep him engaged. He eventually won a title of his own, and my daughter is probably prouder of that than winning the Jr. Handler award with the younger dog. She has since moved out and has her own home with her own dogs, and the old boy is my champion walker sitting at my feet right now.

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