This selection show was a bit
weird. The jumps were lower than normal
for me and a bit higher than normal for Twiggy.
Mum said I was wild. I think
that’s good? We did lots of courses that
day and I had loads of fun particularly on one course where Mum was the other
side of the dog walk and she told me to ‘go on’ and do some jumps without
her. I can do that! (She’s normally miles behind me anyway!). I didn't trust the dog walk contacts though;
that bit at the bottom looked as if they might
hurt my feet if I touched it and I didn't want to take that risk.
Well, that was last
September. One day at the beginning of
December Mum came home from work and she was mental! Jumping up and down and everything! She gave me a really big hug and a kiss and
kept telling me I was amazing and a clever Brown Rat. Don’t get me wrong – it’s very true and it’s
not the first time she’s told me this but she kept on doing it. Apparently she’d received an email thing
telling her that we had been selected to represent England at the World Agility
Open in Spain. Pretty cool eh? Of course I took it all in my stride and
concentrated on another funny show that we had never done before – Olympia. Now THAT’S a fantastic show! A massive arena giving me the chance to show
everyone how fast I really am. Everyone
was clapping and cheering for little old me.
Quite useful really as it drowned out Mum’s puffing and panting as she
tried to keep up.
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Apart from having a couple of
visits to the vet where they stuck a needle in me (the indignity!) this Spain
malarkey seemed a bit of a doddle to be honest.
I mean, it’s only another show isn't it?
Mum was getting a bit excitable though and was counting down the
weeks. She had to do a load of
fundraising – being a superstar doesn't come cheap it seems and I know she was
really grateful to all our Dig It friends for their help and support at a show
at Dig It HQ at the end of April. Thanks
guys J!
If the truth be known though,
this superstar thing might not actually have worked. The last indoor show we went to I swear that
there were monsters making funny noises in the agility ring and if it’s someone
you need to deal with monsters than it’s not me you want. Get Bramble out of the van instead. She’s a German Shepherd and quite frankly
she’s much more the size of dog you need for monster destruction. I am NOT going to hang around. The thing is though, these monster started
following us around. They were at
England training sessions; they were at Dig It; they even turned up at some
shows. In fact I think they were
everywhere there was agility equipment.
I’m just not cut out for monsters making funny noises at me and the only
thing I can think of is to do what I’m good at and that’s run. Really fast.
Mum doesn't like it but tough!
Not the best time for these monsters to appear really, being only a
month before our big adventure :(
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