tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post1902600574590719091..comments2023-11-02T04:07:36.590-07:00Comments on team small dog: TSD excluse-Interview with Otterpop, which is always a treat.team small doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-76411425395107854252009-09-28T10:18:39.408-07:002009-09-28T10:18:39.408-07:00Hmm, one place where Boost freaked was up in Petal...Hmm, one place where Boost freaked was up in Petaluma where there had been a circus the week before. Some discussion then about whether they were smelling the big cats/etc. But at Turlock--unlikely--Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-62076679516458726672009-09-28T10:02:57.244-07:002009-09-28T10:02:57.244-07:00You sure there were no mountain lions in the ring ...You sure there were no mountain lions in the ring two weeks before? We had that at the Springfield cluster show several years ago. A boat show brought in entertainment......a rain forest display which included a mountain lion. It sprayed on the wall. One ring was right there and the dogs could smell it. They tried removing the dirt, bringing in fresh, spraying the walls with de-scent, but many dogs still freaked! Except a tiny little Jack. She left the start line, took a jump, that happened to be in her way, and launched to that end of the ring screaming and barking and jumping on the wall! She had to be removed.Amy Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135074197511764649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-21914357509036592932009-09-28T08:51:45.541-07:002009-09-28T08:51:45.541-07:00Oh, that stupid last super-Q and stupid last gambl...Oh, that stupid last super-Q and stupid last gamblers Q. Those stupid stupid last Qs particularly in those classes that are stupid mostly when one has one stupid last Q to get. I empathize. Congrats on having a lovely otterpop weekend despite that. Don't know what to say about Gustavo, except that all geniuses are neurotic in SOME way. Tika sometimes freaks out about weird things. Once we had to take her out of the building at WAG because she freaked out about the leash runner and wouldn't stop yelling at her about how evil she was. Even coming back half an hour later to try the run again, she was still freaking out about whatever it was. And Boost freaked out in the ring several times, maybe it was the wind, maybe it was a smell on the grass, don't know, tail between legs, barking barking at I don't know what and not coming back to me. I had no solution for either of those dogs, though, so I'm not even sure why I'm mentioning this, except that there is definitely a certain amount of insanity amongst high-drive dogs. IMHO. Like Hobbes hiding in the tunnel in the nationals final GP. All of these seem to have gotten better and better as the dogs have gotten older and had more worldly experience. Good luck with that.Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.com