A few months ago, there was a little fun competition at our training school. The competition involved the fastest time weaving the dog through pylon cones and downing the dog on a rubber mat, off-leash, without touching the dog. Nobody could practice ahead of time. It was up to the handler to decide best how to get the dog through the cones and to down without touching the dog. Many people made the mistake of using pure obedience to get their dog through the cones and on the mat. They would get the dog into the heel position and walk through the cones. They'd also wait until the dog downed and probably gave that dog the command more than 2 or 3 times. Me? I'm cheater cheater pumpkin eater. I love find ways to make my life easy. I used a lure in my hand. Though we weren't allowed to touch the dog, there were no rules about luring! So Loki and I made it through the first group in under 30 seconds and got to compete again for a ribbon. We took second place after a border collie. Here are a few shots from our second run.
"Retardo, shake a leg!"
"Back off woman, let me handle this course!"
"Not so fast Nitro. Get your ass down on that mat and stat."
"Damn woman, when you gonna stop holdin' out and give me that treat already?'
"Shut your yapper Retardo and try to look like you know what you're doing. Maybe they'll give us points for dog-trotting in synchronicity."
"I can't take it anymore. GIVE ME THAT TREAT!"
"Oh hey, is that cute blonde in the corner waggin' her tail going to be my podium girl?"
What do you think about your 2nd place ribbon Loki?
"I think First Place probably tastes a whole lot better than Second Place!"
But did woo khyss a girl?
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra & Khousin Merdie
PeeEssWoo: PANTyloons!
Congratulations Loki! Way cool of you.
Now if a Sibe had done it, they would have dragged the cones, chased the other dogs, stolen the first place ribbon, and gone for the bag of treats and not just the one in the hand. Just saying.
Border Collies aren't really dogs, so you won in my book. Mom has some very fancy moves there. She could dog dance for sure.
Slobbers,
Mango
Wooos! Congrats on your 2nd place win, although I really agree with Mango, Border collies should not be competing with the rest of us dogs, they are just different, Mom thinks they need there own class, and the other classes would be BC- less!
-Kira The BeaWootiful
Congratulations on second! It's tough to beat those border collies, that's for sure.
>“Oh hey, is that cute blonde in the corner waggin’ her tail going to be my podium girl?”
In your dreams, sugar-pie, in your dreams...nice to know that my doppelgänger served her purpose, well...congratulations on your win!
luv,
Sugar
The Original Blonde
Heehee! Did you get the 'lures' in the end? Seems pretty clever to me. Not that I understand what this 'obedience//training' thing is you speak of, but if I did, it would seem like a great idea! How did that ribbon taste, BTW?
*kissey face*
-Fiona
Congrats! Second place is awesome! 🙂
Mochi
Those pictures of him with the ribbons are SOOOOO cute!!!!!!!!! I love his expression in the second to last picture. Congrats Loki.
We are so proud of you Loki and Mom. Your mom is one smart cookie. Ribbons must be better to chew on than look at...
Big Sloppy Kisses
Gus, Louie and Callie
Woooo! Way to go, Loki!!!!
So... what was the treat!??! Was it great?!?! Your mom DID give it to you.... didn't she!?!?
Luv,
Dave
Way to go! Just don't let Juno chew up your ribbon.
Kat
Looks like woo were "khool runnin', mahn!
Thank woo fur vid=siting our blog & leaving some kind words fur my humans, we've been furry sad over losing Tori, but its nice to make new furiends, too.
a-roos to yous,
jack a-roo
Congrats on the win, Loki -nice moves with the human too. Now TD might do that for a treat but Phantom - forget it, he would look at the cones and walk away.
Woos, Phantom and Thunder
Loki.. second to none. Border collies don't count.
Nice work with the lure but it looked more like a workout video. I think you have a market out there.
norwood