Carolk9s Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 I am part of a Just For Fun agility league, both girls get to participate. I always take all 3 dogs with me, Jesse stays in the van and watches us through the window. We do this outside with fairly adequate lighting. Last night one of the teams was short a handler/dog combo. Due to the way scoring is done, their team would not have gotten one because they did not have enough people. Anyway, I thought about it for a minute, then offered to bring Jesse out and sub for the combo that was absent. I'm gonna dip into the 'attributing human emotions to dogs pool' here, I felt I was seeing some sadness and lack of understanding from him when I took the girls out and not him. He always loved doing agility and I loved doing it with him. Geez I do miss those days. Oh I digress... You pick the jump height you want in this league so I asked for the jumps to be set at 12 inches. He jumped 24 in AKC as a younger dog. I chose not to ask him to do the dogwalk as in the dimmer lighting he would be too scared to even try. He always did think the dogwalk was a scary thing and with dimming eyesight, its far worse. We did not set any speed records but he had a clean round and truly seemed to be having a blast. I did think he was going to jump off the teeter sideways for a moment but thankfully he elected to move forward when I asked him to. I was also tickled to hear all around that no one would have guessed he was 11 if I had not told them. As soon as our run was over and he was done with me telling him how wonderful he was, he trotted over to a lovely golden bitch and flirted, no doubt sure she was impressed with his jumping style. He truly did act like a happy dog. After we got home and they all had their dinner, I was glad to see he was feeling pretty good as he rolled over on his back and had himself a good scratch and snort session. I won't ask him to do much jumping as physically this is not in his best interest, mentally however this was a huge boost for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolk9s Posted December 12, 2002 Author Share Posted December 12, 2002 Yes and promised he would call but I bet he hasn't! He'll see her again next week, if she gives him the cold shoulder I'll know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 OH, that's gotta break your heart when he CAN'T do what he likes. I'm sure he's feeling like a king again! That's so great that he got to participate! I'm happy for you AND him... Keep us updated on the golden situation as well, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roo Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 I bet Jesse felt so good :lol: Clear round too. Roo :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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