(it should have been a red flag that her wild hair was flaring up again, but I guess we have just gotten used to it, and didn't think twice about it)
So I watch on as the entire class moves across the park, and I see Taylor and my man jogging over... then Taylor slowly starts to get farther and farther from her heal position by his side and he stops and she didn't!
He called her name, she looked back, and she realized... no rope, no chain, no chords... then she BOLTED AT FULL SPEED!! (going the other direction)!
This park is HUGE, and she ran and ran and ran and then went for a swim in the river than runs through the park and when she came up out of the side of the bank, he was there and snagged her. My heart was in my throat! I thought I would puke!
Once I knew she was safe, I had to laugh! Good Grief what had gotten into her!
He corrected her all the way back to the class... but I was not sure she was feeling the pain, so we decided to hook the leash up to her (just in case). But she was good the rest of the graduation.
She got her little graduation cap.
And her diploma... although there was a stipulation put out there before they were handed out.
If you had a star on the top of your diploma, stars were not good, and it meant she wants to see you back in her classes again. So Taylor earned a free entry into any of her classes for the rest of her lifetime! (yeah cool, a lifetime of free classes, sounds good huh... :( oh well)
Taylor wasn't the only dog who bolted and went nuts at graduation. Sasha the boxer sat out the last half of class after finally being caught... but she just circled the other dogs, she didn't actually go to the other side of the park and go swimming, Taylor held the record of the 4-5 dogs who bolted from their owners for distance and speed. It was a crazy night for uncharacteristic behavior, but like I said the wind does crazy things to dogs in obedience class.
He finally found a way to forgiver her in his heart!
Doesn't she look sorry!
Others ate their hats...
This is Taylor and her friend Newbie who look like they could be sisters!
We are so proud of her and even though she still gives us grey hair, she is a totally different dog that we had 10 weeks ago. She will be so much more fun to take camping now!
But look out Lions and Tigers and Bears, and TROUT... oh my!
5 comments:
Congrats on Taylor finishing classes... those caps are so cute!
That was a fun blog to read. I'm glad you made made it thru it. We both laughed and laughed. You're a writer for sure.
When I think of all you comments about Taylor before going to class and the problems you have now...she has come a long way baby... go Taylor!
Oh yeah..handlers too
I love the caps. Thank you for making my monday start with a smile....
I love the graduation caps.... so cute! I am gald Taylor finished... i should really look at getting Katey into something like that.
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