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For once, not the silliest thing in the park

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It's a Saturday afternoon and miracle of miracles, it isn't raining. So Jake and I stroll to the park with some weaves and jumps. As it isn't at all windy I take the set of four jumps that made from PVC tubes - very wobbly in the wind, as they don't stick into the ground itself. (Even on a calm day they can list a bit on uneven ground.) Lots of good practise of pull-throughs, lefts and rights, a star and weaves from both sides and so on and so forth. There's lots to be done with four jumps and 6 weave poles.

BUT the notable thing was that we weren't the main point of interest. For once it wasn't us that the toddlers HAD to go and stare at. It wasn't us the other dogs ran at, barking.

It wasn't even the small four-pole marquee that someone had put up to protect their barbecue and 20 or so of their closest friends. No. The silliest thing in the park today was a bunch of women in inflatable sumo outfits, wrestling. Sorry not to go and take pictures. I was too busy enjoying the anonymity.

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3 Responses to “For once, not the silliest thing in the park”

  1. # Blogger Booker the Treeing Walker

    OMG that is funny. We are chuckling just thinking about them. No visual needed ...  

  2. # Blogger Pacco de Mongrel

    hey jake.... u shld hv snap the pic and show us for a good laugh  

  3. # Blogger Johann The Dog

    Oh, I woulda been barking at that scene. Too funny!  

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Jake is a black & tan lurcher, adopted from Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home in August 2004. He now lives the life of Riley in a leafy suburb of Edinburgh. His interests include agility, running like the wind, enticing other dogs to chase him, fellow sighthounds Molly & Steve, squirrels, swans, plush swans, swans on telly, Portobello beach, the Edinburgh hills, sofas, & snoozing. 

Jake wears Earth Dog hemp collars from Mango Mutt. His collar tag (compliant with KC agility regs) is from the excellent Indigo Collar Tags.



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