It is funny how CD really likes
jbeck2, so we spent an evening geocaching with him and a little
jbeck2. Turns out, CD really likes Little jbeck2 also. In
hindsight, and to quote Lyle Lovett, “It was then I knew I
had made my first mistake.” I thought it was a rather
uneventful time but unknown to me, there were things afoot. When we
returned to the parking spot, he wanted to go home IN
jbeck2’s Car!
“Traitor!” I said
with a grumble.
He came back to the geobuggy
and hopped in. When we got home we had a long talk:
“You liked geocaching
with jbeck2?” He wagged his tail. “What? You want to go
over to jbeck2’s to play?” He wagged his tail.
“You want to take the gps?” He smiled – yes, dogs
do smile. “You want to stay awhile when I have to go to
work?” He wagged his tail. “You promise you won’t
get into trouble?” He put his head down … and wagged
his tail. “OK, I will take you over, but tomorrow evening we
have to go to agility so you had better be ready to come home when
it is time or there will be no more going over to play.” He
wagged his tail. “And stay out of the
Kok’botuls,” I insisted. He tilted his head to the side
in bewilderment as if to say, “What are you talking
about?” and wagged his tail. “Ok” I said. In
hindsight and to continue to quote Lyle Lovett, “I knew I had
made my Second mistake.”
The day after their play date,
at agility CD insisted on running the apparatus a certain way.
“CD, that is not the way that onesmartdog told you to do it.
Now try again.”
Still, CD insisted on running
the apparatus that certain way again:
First he ran north through the
weave poles
Then he ran over the Dog Walk
And for some inexplicable reason he rolled over. I can never get
him to do that - no points for fancy tricks CD, they only punctuate
your run.
Then over a spread jump and another spread jump
And he sat down.
Then over the teeter
Followed by the weave poles where he stopped in the middle and
barked once. That must add something - only one time though so it
can't be too much
Then down and through the chute
And over to the table where he
sat before heading west
And he was off again over a
single jump and another single jump and over the teeter
What a showoff.
He rolled over again and headed to the A-frame and back through the
weave poles, and sat down.
Then he bounded toward the single jump but just knocked it over. No
points on that one.
But he made up for it but jumping the next single jump clean.
And he finished by going over the a-frame again.
Hmmm. Well after doing the same
thing 3 times exactly the same way, there was no changing the
order, I now knew something was up. And I knew if jbeck2 was
involved there must be trouble. Then I found a note and some
incriminating photos in his backpack.
To quote Lyle Lovett,
“It was then I knew I had
made my third mistake– Yes three strikes right across the
plate.”
And now we are faced with a
challenge.
Seems that in a kok induced
haze Charliedog and jbeck2 had gone to the casino! And now CD has a
gambling addiction! And we are missing some more swag.
The note read as
follows:
Gamblers try to accumulate as
many points as possible by negotiating point-valued obstacles in an
"opening" before running a "gamble". In the gamble the dog runs
through the course in a specific order, a distance from the
handler. If the dog successfully completes the gamble "clean" then
the opening points double. Otherwise the opening points value will
be kept. If there is no gamble in a required time, zero points will
be awarded. The opening points are as follows:
-
single jump 1
Point
-
tunnel/chute 2
Points
-
tire/spread jump 2
Points
-
contact obstacles
or dog walk 3 Points
-
judge's obstacle of
choice (i.e. the A frame) 4 Points
-
10-12 weaves 5
Points
Since the Edmonton cachers have
been so helpful in finding our missing items perhaps they can help
again? And CD, no more hanging out with jbeck2, unless little
jbeck2 is there to supervise!
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