Malka’s stone cold crazy aka Petunia aka The_Prettiest_Petunia to her 6000+ followers on Instagram. She’s also called the cookie monster, the princess, the clinger, and Tuna! She is a blue merle, CKC registered Australian Shepherd that was born on April 13th 2019. She is my first Australian Shepherd, my first real sports puppy and most importantly my first responsibly bred dog. I often refer to her as perfection, and truly she is. She’s as sweet as sugar yet oh so sassy.
Petunia knows 45+ tricks to date (She’s 11 months old), she’s finished basic obedience, maintenance obedience and 2 sets of rally obedience classes. She’s tried dock diving twice as a baby, and attended a puppy agility camp. This summer we’ll be applying for her trick dog titles, and spending lots of time hiking and training for rally-o. To say that this girl is smart and motivated would be an understatement, she is a genius with the incredible eagerness to work that is so important for a working dog. Her eyes just light right up when she knows it’s training time, she learns things so easily, she has tons of drive and is everything I’ve ever wanted.
You know those people who you swear were born old ladies? The ones that are mature and serious even as children? That is the best way I can think of to describe Petunia. She has honestly been the best puppy. She’s never had an accident in the house, she’s never really destroyed anything, It’s like she was born with a perfect off switch. Don’t get me wrong I put A LOT of work into this puppy, I’d wake up at 5am to train her every single day, typically 2-3 times a day as a baby puppy; but she made it easy! She is the biggest princess I’ve ever met. She refuses to jump out of the car if it’s muddy and will not pick up her ball if it’s dirty. She will tiptoe through the mud and wet grass and have this disgusted look on her face, it’s hilarious! I couldn’t possibly love my little old lady any more than i already do, Petunia is perfection.