What? We’re going to try again?
By Gina Spadafori
October 4, 2008
Update: Been raining here all night, and still raining. Going to be a miserable day to be slogging through the mud. I’m going to wimp out today and work around the home. We’ll try tomorrow, when the weather is better.
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Although it may seem odd for a pet-writer, I spent a rather large part of the week writing about the economy. You just never know when 20-odd years of reading the Wall Street Journal and a few more as a copy editor on the business desk of a metro daily will come in handy.
No, the writing wasn’t pet-related, but had to do with the day job, the credit market meltdown, the intricacies of municipal financing, and so on. Which is my lame excuse for why I didn’t get in hardly any training this week, but we’re going to try again anyway tomorrow and Sunday at the hunt tests. We’re just going to consider THOSE as training runs, and if we pass, we’ll jump for joy. Like, uh, this, although honestly McKenzie does this 20 times a day, just because she’s a happy girl:
Those happy girl bounces and smiles just make it all worthwile, don’t they?
Comment by The OTHER Pat — October 4, 2008 @ 6:18 am
Well, you could join us at the Fair Oaks Dog walk this morning. Start time is 9:00 in old Fair Oaks. It will be a soggy time for dogs and owners.
Here is the link:
http://www.fairoaksdogwalk.com/fodw/index.html
Comment by glock — October 4, 2008 @ 7:01 am
So, weird power of suggestion — skimming your post where you use words like Wall Street (Journal), economy, credit market — the photo of McKenzie (SNAP) evoked the archetype of the Market Bull, and that’s what I saw for an instant.
Go on, look at it.
Time for a nap …
Comment by H. Houlahan — October 4, 2008 @ 3:15 pm
A levitating Market Bull!
Comment by Nadine L. — October 4, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
I just loaded the van, so we’re going tomorrow. With any luck, McKenzie will show that kind of bullish enthusiasm at the trial.
Comment by Gina Spadafori — October 4, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
I think you should take some of the chickens with you — if McKenzie doesn’t do so well, let some of the chickens loose and let the judges see how she grabs them with her soft mouth and brings them back to you alive and well — that has to count for something!
Comment by Dorene — October 4, 2008 @ 6:58 pm