Raining raining raining.
Hrrrmph.
...and I'm NOT enjoying open wide very much. The Boss gets a treat, makes me COME and SIT in front, then HEEL and SIT...then he says OPEN and lifts up my lip...then I get the treat...but he grumps if I move from the SIT while eating.
The treats are ok. Sausage today.
Don't really like the lip thing though.
The Boss says I've got to let A STRANGER look down my throat to pass my CGC test.
He reckons that I'll enjoy learning it. That'll make one of us ...
On a more fun note, we're going to go over the hill to the Queenstown training club on Sunday to show them how we do it Wanaka style!
Oh my goodness, can the voice of reason be entering the fray? Found this while surfing about...Click here to read more...Here's hoping
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24-May-07
‘To protect both the safety of the public and the welfare of dogs’
On the 22nd May 2007 a ‘Dangerous Dog’ seminar and reception took place at the House of Commons, sponsored by Marsha Singh MP and arranged by the Kennel Club
Dog training day again, but along with the usual easy SIT STAY DOWN stuff, we played a game where everyone comes up and gives me a PAT! (Tell you what though, some of these doggy people really need to learn about how to meet a new dog properly...lots of just reaching up over my head without asking first. Lucky I'm a nice dog!)
The Boss asked if we could play this because it's a Canine Good Citizen requirement...so it's good for me, and also good for the other dogs to STAY while their bosses pat someone else.
Here's how it goes...
I SIT & STAY.
Then the Boss takes my lead off and walks 3 steps away.
Then, one after another, all the other Bosses (about 18 or so) all come up and pat me, while their dogs have to stay in line with the class.
To start with I was doing my "so happy to meet you" bounce and funny snorty thing that I like to do...but the Boss didn't like that for some reason??!
So he put me back on the lead and then PULLED IT REALLY HARD when I moved from sit. So after a couple more people I decided that sit and STAY was probably a good idea.
Let's face it, that's a small exchange for 18 pats in a row!!!
Isn't it funny how these Boy Racers can cause untold tragedy and annoyance to the population, yet Helen Clark says that the "laws we have are perfectly adequate..." and just need enforcing.
No mention of banning these stupid souped up cars that injure how many innocents each year...and at what social cost..?
...but every time there's a dog bite it's "society has no need for those kind of dogs..."
Err hello...does that seem hypocritical to anyone else?
