Most Embarassing moments...... - Page 2

Way back when......when I still needed to be driven places..... I had my little muttly dog in an obedience show, she was a sweet little thing that knew what to do. My mom drove us there of course and to lend moral support. We were almost done and doing well when we came to the recall. Put little miss in her sit and walked away. Turned around and said "Lucky, come!" Oh she came all right, right out of the ring and to my mom. Mom was mortified and I cried. Mom never took me again, she stayed home and waited to hear. We did quite well after that. You, not funny then but is now. Then there are all the horse show related moments....

animules.....yes, the horseshow moments!! Off topic, but some great stories there too! I was showing my Tennessee Walking Horse. Mom was my "official" groom. My black kentucky jodphers were skin tight, and when I went to put my left leg up in the stirrup, they ripped right down along the inseam. With no time to sew & patch, Mom grabbed my black spray boot polish and just sprayed where my leg was showing. Worked fine. Nobody noticed, and I won the class! Mom's make the best horseshow grooms!!!

i used to take my male to the park everyday for a walk and everyday i ran into this guy who was walking his three little poddle's and this person no matter how how hard i tried to avoid him 'because always had to talk about how i should be training my dog etc etc mr now it all that kinda of thing.well i changed my daily routine to try and avoid him and not be rude so i was at the park at night and sitting on a rock and my dog was just playing with no leash and sure enough guess who shows up mr.know it all so buddy sits beseide me a couple of minutes later i heard him start yelling and the reason well my beloved shepherd came along and pissed all over his leg needless to say we did not speak much after that ...i swear that dog read my mind

ok I'll go. There are several, but this is the one that sticks out in my mind. At the GSD National Schh3 Championships, the last year it existed - 2004? It was raining - pouring rain - and COLD. I never pull my dog for any reason, but thought about it at that trial - it was just miserable. I wore my full-length Aussie oil-skin coat and hat out there, the one that I can hardly move in. Looked like an idiot too I'll bet. Judge for obedience was Bill Knox. Everything went ok until the retrieves - I could not throw the dumbbell, my fingers were frozen stiff and wet. First try to throw the big one - it went about 3 feet plop. Rethrew and I don't think it went far enough but I sent Eagle anyway. Then over the jump - first throw went straight up into the air and landed behind me. Next try went straight up and landed just where I had been standing - moved myself and Eagle out of the way to avoid being hit. Third and fourth try, hit the jump. Fifth try - went up and up and over and over (to the side not over the jump), and the judge had to leap out of the way to avoid being knocked out. Sixth try finally I got it over. Took three tries to get the %$#$% thing over the wall. At that point I really didn't care much about anything except getting somewhere warm and dry. molly

ha - general dog embarrassment: I had a couple over here to see this rescue dog. It was summer so I was wearing just some jogging shorts and a tee shirt. Well that dog jumped up on me and his dew claws snagged my shorts and next thing I know, my shorts are at my feet. I was beyond mortified but the guy was laughing hysterically, "did you teach him to do that? I'll take him!" Training embarrassment: oh well that happens all the time. I bust my butt on a regular basis. Least its better than where I used to train, where you're practically skiing through the winter mud while your dog is dragging you onto the field for the protection work (and staying upright is a talent). I'm just happy to be some sort of entertainment for my clubmembers.

haha, oh the horse show moments...I spent my youth showing a quarter horse in hunter/jumper, and that SOB had the most wicked sense of humor at the most innappropriate times. He did teach me to be humble though, heh.

My first GSD decided to lift his leg on an AKC judge. Maybe he knew something about the AKC back in 1988 that I had yet to figure out. LOLOL C. Wilkins

WOW, great topic! So many to choose from. I guess for me, it was the first time I did helper work. I told someone that I would love to try that. The told me to put the apron on, because the dog might get "Dirty" I told them that it was no problem that I could wash my clothes afterwards. Thankfully, they insisted that I wear the apron! This huge Bouvier comes around the corner and just about knocks me through the back of the blind and begins to bark in my face. After it was all said and done, I did need to wash my clothes afterall, but for a different reason. :) Rob Dunn

Funky Man, Go to Modells and buy a pair of Cleats for your shoes. Also while there get a groin protector if you R doing Bitework. Its to your best interest, as for me been dare dun dat, but never fel in poopy. best regards VB!!!

My first trial. Bitch is in season and so track last. Come up to Lance Collins who is judging and he is writing as he says "Are you ready" I reply "yep" and procede to flag and say "soo". Dog starts great and gets about 45 paces out when I hear "What are you doing" from the Judge. Platzed the dog and looked back. "you did not report in" says judge. "Gulp"says me. "guess you lost all those points so start your dog" Dog tracked great and for several years the judge called me "Bob-I don't need the points". Rob - that was our club t-shirt that you tore off Jimmy at work week. Heard you replaced it with one of an equal quality.