Well we had a great day's training today despite the bad manners displayed by a breed specific rescue who were having a get-together in the same fields.
It is an unwritten rule in dog circles that when you see someone training their dog, you try to keep out of their way so they can continue their good work. Not so it seems with this group. We had cars parked right at our agility jumps, a dog running along the fence intimidating our dogs, and then just as one of our dogs commenced a send away they decided to walk all 14 dogs past in a row to commence a walk! That was after advising us that their dogs didn't like small furry dogs and would chase!
It's these bad manners that give responsible dog owners a 'bad name'. It has made me think though on how we run our training session and some helpful reminders will need to be posted.
Despite these irritations, we really made progress and had fun in the process and that's what counts.
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