Agility Trials!
What to do when you're a little girl and you're bored. None of your friends are around, and it's a really nice day. You could read a book. You could play a game of some kind, oops best done with at least one other. You could use that neat walkie-talkie set you got as gift last year, gee that's a lot of fun with friends, not so good used by yourself. Um, you could ride your bicycle; well, there's lots of room to ride it around the property, but Mom won't let you venture onto the road with it.
Wow, look at all those dogs. Living with them day by day you so take them for granted. On the other hand, yesterday when your friends Jade and Faith were over didn't you have so much fun all of you, teaching the dogs to jump hurdles? Wasn't it a gas? Didn't all of you laugh until you had to stop because your stomaches started to ache? The dogs are still there, although your friends aren't over today, so do a repeat, right?
It's true not all of the dogs are fodder for this kind of thing, as you've discovered. It would seem that the two Pomeranians, Zoe, the 16-pounder, and Jakie, the 3-1/2-pounder seem to take to it most naturally, seem pleased to be included in the grand event, really lend themselves to the fun of it all. You've just got to decide who to pair up with first, one or the other: make up your mind?
All right, get Jakie's harness, put it on. Properly, please. Cripes! his legs aren't in properly. Give it another try. All right, that's a whole lot better. Just wait here, please, Jakie. Now go on into the garage and fetch two of those dark green milk crates, and set them up. Back into the garage again and bring back some spare garden stakes, and stick them into the sides of the crates, there, that's about the right height.
Get the short leash, plug it into the harness on Jakie, and off we go! Look Bubbe, look at me, look at Jakie. And let's give it a try with Zoe, Jakie's getting kind of tired. Don't forget to praise them for their wonderful co-operation and terrific skills as soon as they perform, now. Let them become aware that you're pleased with them, that you appreciate what they're doing.
That's our girl!
posted by Pieface @ Sunday, August 27, 2006
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