He's only gone and done it!

After last Thursday's fiasco practice for our demo display I was dreading today. Gitdog spent Thurs pm chasing cows, rolling round the field on his back, eating cowsh!t and generally ignoring everything I said. I might as well not have been there and I was nearly in tears I was so dispirited.


So today we trundle along to the display proper. A field full of displays, dogs, children, ferrets and small furries, Peppa Pig, llama's, lovely smelling food, I feel the head collar is essential. He manages to remove it twice within 10 minutes. So, in for a penny and all that, I bite the bullet and just use the harness.


Gitdog doesn't eat any small children and manages not to traumatise too many small dogs by bouncing off their heads. He has a go at the agility and loves it. He enters the best rescue class in the fun dog show where we wuz robbed by the judges failing to appreciate his myriad charms. Blind, the lot of 'em, especially as he managed not to bite the judge as part of the process.


Then to the display proper. We weren't doing the rally obedience, as we aren't completely mad. Our role was to demonstrate the basic sit, stay, heel etc and show that even completely OTT dogs can be trained. And Gitdog was a star.:A Did everything I asked of him and stayed as focussed as he ever has been.


Ok, he did make a hole in the fence, crapped in the middle of the walking to heel procession, and ran off with a couple of cones but hey, what's a few cones among friends?


Very proud of my boy today. Normal service will undoubtedly be resumed tomorrow.