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by SchHBabe on 19 April 2010 - 15:04
These “poopy pants” moments are fodder for a new humor article that I’d like to do for SchH USA magazine. Since this is a frequently used discussion forum with some very vocal and opinionated posters, I thought if I would post a request for input I’d get an ear full.
What I’m looking for: strange but true excuses spouted by handlers as excuses for failing.
Example: “My dog failed tracking because the track layer couldn’t walk a straight line.”
NO names, dates, or places! 100% anonymous or I can’t use it. We’re not trying to shame anyone personally (except maybe the class of in-DUH-viduals as a whole who toss blame like jugglers in a circus)
Also acceptable: strange but true excuses spouted by handlers as excuses for not entering a trial in the first place.
Example: “My dog has the speed of a Malinois, the strength of a Rottweiler, and the brains of a Shepherd, but I don’t have him with me today.”
Reply by PM or email to schhbabe@yahoo.com
One final reminder – keep it clean – NO identifying info. This is purely "for Schutzhund giggles".
by Sunsilver on 19 April 2010 - 16:04
But I NEARLY failed my first ever tracking trial, because I tried to correct my dog part way through....thought I knew better than she did! Heh, heh, I mean, which one has the nose, you idjit!!?
I t was actually just a simulated trial at the end of a tracking course. When we were done, and Tasha had found the article, the instructor told me, "Well Tasha passed, but YOU failed!"
Hey, if you can't laugh at yourself in this business, you're in for a LOT of disappointment!
by vonissk on 19 April 2010 - 16:04
by VomMarischal on 19 April 2010 - 23:04
by TessJ10 on 20 April 2010 - 01:04
by yoshy on 20 April 2010 - 01:04
" I should have aired my dog before trialing"
His dog shat on the field! We had a 2 hour drive and and he didnt air his dog before waltzing onto the field.
by Christopher Smith on 20 April 2010 - 05:04
by Sunsilver on 20 April 2010 - 05:04
She waited until she was 20 feet down the first track. And I'd left the jacket with the bags in it in my car, because it had gotten quite warm.
She never got her focus back after pooping, either, though the judge was nice enough to let me restart her.
by Kaffirdog on 20 April 2010 - 09:04
At my last trial at the beginning of this month, the scene is the A frame retrieve, dog not really ready. I throw the dumbell, hit the A frame. Dog breaks and retrieves dumbell. I throw again making damn sure it goes over this time and dumbell ends up somewhere over the horizon. Send dog, who goes over nicely and spends ages fruitlessly searching before coming back over, stops halfway back to me, climbs back to the top of A frame, scans till he sees dumbell and completes the exercise. Oh well, at least it showed he understood what he was supposd to be doing and has initiative
Margaret N-J
by SchHBabe on 20 April 2010 - 13:04
Keep 'em coming, folks...
Although I appreciate the candor of some folks, please understand that I really need anonymous stuff so that nobody gets poopy pants later if they see their excuse on my "Top 10" list.
My husband is going for his 1 next month and he knows that if he brings the Malinois out on the field for protection and she's vibrating like a furry back massager then he's screwed. :) She needs to get some steam blown off behind the car before she's ready to settle in and *think*. LOL Just gotta "take the edge off"...
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