Can you tell that I am feeling embarrassed here?
Really, sometimes one can't take one's owner anywhere.
You want me to explain?
At agility contests, border collies predominate. You get a fair smattering of German shepherds, spaniels, Jack Russells and poodles.
We have never yet seen another wire haired fox terrier, but on Saturday, at a show near Ellon, we ran into this fellow in the car park, and Gail wondered about his origins.
So the conversation between the humans went as follows:
Gail (thinking to be polite): Oh you have a lovely dog. What breed is he? Or is he a mixture perhaps. (Oh no….)
Other lady: He's a schnauzer (you could hear her mentally adding OBVIOUSLY).
Gail: Oh, so a very pale schnauzer then?
Other lady: (sounding as frosty as the weather) No, he's a white schnauzer.
Gail: How interesting, I didn't know schnauzers came in white. (Why not keep digging Gail?)
Other lady: Well, actually, white schnauzers are a very well known breed on the Continent, and increasingly so here. Actually, this one is has a seven generation pedigree, and he has been accepted into the World Championships. We are hoping that Crufts will soon be including white schnauzers as a breed, they really are widely recognized in most parts these days, actually….
At this point I decided it would be prudent to create a distraction so I started barking and tugging at the lead and Gail, gratefully I think, made her excuses and ended the 'conversation'.
I shall leave you with some images of the agility event, and also a very short video of the opening and closing moments of my final run. I would have preferred to include the much longer version of my entire performance, but Gail said that would be even more embarrassing than her encounter with the
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| Wendy and Earla, in rosette winning form |
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| Earla won one of these, but I didn't |
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| Mo, Jo and Gypsy, enjoying the action |
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| Full speed ahead for Bethany and wee Pippa |
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| Yours truly, raring to go |
