Last night was test night for our beginner obedience class, and thankfully both dogs passed! They had to successfully complete the following:

Heeling with loose leash and minimal corrections
Sitting at the halt
sit stay for 1 min
down stay for 2 min
stand and stay for inspection
polite meet and greet
sit, stay, recall, and finish on command

About half of the dogs passed the test, and now we can go on to other classes! Junebug is going into agility and I may continue obedience with Elvis so he can earn his Canine Good Citizen's certificate. Someone recommended that he would be a good therapy dog, and he really seems to like obedience.

I have to say I'm really grateful for my husband's help, because he took the class with me so we could get both dogs through. That made it so much easier!