I was reading last night and came upon a forum post (just through a google search) about a girl that was trialing her dog in rally. She was having a fear issue with jumping different jumps. Keep in mind this dog has an alphabet of titles around his name.
She Q'd and placed the whole weekend, and NQ'd in the highest level classes. Came home with a handful of ribbons, and then posted a picture of her OTHER dog posing with the ribbons because she was so disappointed in the dog she trialed. And then she posted 'a day later' she was feeling better and snuggled with him. And she's complaining that she wishes she had a 'normal' dog that would jump a jump.
So then someone posts 'Someday you will get your 'reward' dog!'... really?!
I know we all get discouraged about things with our dogs, it just really bothers me that people act like that...I mean, be thankful you have a dog that CAN trial to some extent. Be thankful you have a dog at all! Maybe it's just me but it makes me sad...I couldn't come home from a trial and shun my dog because he didn't perform well! I don't think at all it's a bad thing to want to be competitive and do well, it's just...gah! Appreciate your dog!
She Q'd and placed the whole weekend, and NQ'd in the highest level classes. Came home with a handful of ribbons, and then posted a picture of her OTHER dog posing with the ribbons because she was so disappointed in the dog she trialed. And then she posted 'a day later' she was feeling better and snuggled with him. And she's complaining that she wishes she had a 'normal' dog that would jump a jump.
So then someone posts 'Someday you will get your 'reward' dog!'... really?!
I know we all get discouraged about things with our dogs, it just really bothers me that people act like that...I mean, be thankful you have a dog that CAN trial to some extent. Be thankful you have a dog at all! Maybe it's just me but it makes me sad...I couldn't come home from a trial and shun my dog because he didn't perform well! I don't think at all it's a bad thing to want to be competitive and do well, it's just...gah! Appreciate your dog!
Oh, wait. It was still fun anyway. And all joking aside, this kind of thing makes me very melancholy.