Rascal by Ellen Miles

Author:Ellen Miles [Miles, Ellen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-545-32441-0
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2006-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

This place was great! Rascal loved being around all the other dogs. But what was the point if he couldn’t play with them? What could possibly be more important than playing?

“Okay, now ask your dog to sit,” said Jamie.

“Sit!” chorused all the owners. Four dogs sat. But the Lab puppy fell down and rolled over. Rascal started barking and jumping up and down. The German shepherd puppy backed up and stood there, twitching his big ears and staring at Rascal. The dachshund sniffed the floor. Charles, whose turn it was to hold Rascal’s leash, looked helplessly at Lizzie.

Jamie ignored Rascal. “Great!” she said. “Now, put your hand out and raise the palm so it’s facing the dog. Now tell your dog to stay.”

“Stay!” everyone said. Charles said it, too. Lizzie doubted whether Rascal could hear the command. The puppy was too busy barking.

“And one, and two, and — okay!” said Jamie.

All the dog owners said the release word — “Okay!” — and the dogs jumped up, tails wagging.

Rascal just kept bouncing and barking.

“Well, I think that’s about all the time we have tonight,” Jamie said, checking the clock on the wall. “See you all next time!”

Lizzie and Charles were heading outside when Jamie stopped them at the door. “I really hate to say this,” she said, with a very serious look on her face, “but I don’t think Rascal is . . . well, I don’t think he’s fitting in here. I thought we could help him, but he is making it hard for the other dogs to learn. I’m afraid I have to ask you not to bring him to class anymore.”

Lizzie looked down at her sneakers. She’d known this was going to happen. Rascal was getting kicked out of puppy kindergarten.

“If you’d like, you can bring him in for some private lessons,” Jamie went on, in a gentle voice. “But to tell you the truth, he’d need a ton of training to be the right dog for a regular house and family. He may need a different kind of home.”

Lizzie looked at her, and then down at Rascal. What was Jamie saying? Did she mean that Rascal could never learn to behave? But then how could the Petersons ever find him a good home? What kind of foster family were they, if they couldn’t help Rascal?

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