Monday, October 08, 2007

Belvoir Castle Country and Game Show

That's where we took Mollie dog on Sunday afternoon. The weather was OK - not too hot, not too cold, no wind or rain. And best of all, Mollie was a VERY good girl. There were loads of people,dogs and kids around, and she only barked a couple of times when she got really excited/frustrated (we wouldn't let her play with the clay pigeons or go in the agility ring).

Here you can see Mollie straining to get at the clay pigeons (skeets) - I reckon she thought they were little orange frisbees!



There were lots of stalls with doggie things (obviously working dogs like to have fun, too), so we bought her a new Kong Flyer frisbee; a rubber chicken and a new, soft fleece-lined harness. The new harness is much more comfy than the EzyDog, which just didn't seem to be the right shape.

Mollie saw someone else with a rubber chicken and wanted one, so we went and got one. Then she amused the crowds by running round with it in her mouth!

Here you can see her in her new harness, with her rubber chicken.

All in all, we were very impressed with her. A few months ago she would've barked and barked at all those strange dogs, but yesterday she met large and small with equanimity and a friendly, waggy tail. She thoroughly enjoyed herself, as you can see!

4 comments:

Ralph said...

Looks like fun, my people are trying to find me a nice harness. I think red is a good JRT color.

Chicken- too awesome1

Woof,
Ralph

Flowerpot said...

looks like she had a really great time - and that's amazing progress on the barking front!

Sophie Brador said...

Mollie, I love the way your harness colour coordinates with your rubber chicken. Excellent choice! I really need to get a rubber chicken.

xo
SB

Em said...

Ralph - if you get your humans to search for Fleece lined harness you should find a few - Mollie would definitely recommend it - after some trial and error this is the most comfortable one. And so easy to get on, too.

FP - Isn't it, though? We're quite the proud parents.

Sophie - thank-you! It is my firm belief that every dog should have a squeaky rubber chicken, at least once. It's Mollie's new favourite toy (much better than the sheeeep)