The Old…
These are JD’s old trophies. Was kind of a promise I made to a reader who was looking for our old Pet Pet Magazine competition articles, that at the very least I would take a pic of her old trophies. Which then really also drove home the dates on those trophies (I… know! Agility Mum! As in soccer mum :P) – 10 years ago. Wow, can’t believe it’s really been that long, HOW old does that make our dog?!…
(Sorry dear reader, I still can’t find the Pet Pet Magazines – not even recent ones in the little local newsstands, they might’ve been discontinued)
It’s really hard to do the tournaments with little kids in tow on a weekend though, you usually sit there the whole day waiting for your various events…. For e.g., for the HK international competition, the finals dragged into the night and it was freezing. I remember going to work the next day with a bad cold and emailing my colleagues a Not To Worry, You’re Not Likely To Catch It, only to have a team head walk over with heavy duty vitamin C. One of the things I miss the most about my former life are the random nice things we used to do for each other at work. Anyway – first and last time I’ve ever taken those vitamins, they’re HUGE pills…
Nowadays…
Nowadays she’s a lady-who-lunches..
(Every fashionista knows the IT accessory du jour is the well-dressed toddler on the other end of one’s leash…)
Though this is not without downsidezzzzzzzzzz….
Occupational hazard of the retired Agility competitor who occasionally lunches…
So many trophies! You must be one proud mom. JD deserves her leisure lunches now that she is retired 😀 Just look at her, almost like rolling her eyes and thinking “I can’t believe my accessory turned out like that – fast asleep”
(Sheepish) I’m not really proud of the trophies la, they were in a kitchen cabinet and as u can see I’m STILL trying to find the Pet Pet Mag articles… The reason is because JD has no idea what they are… What she will remember instead is how we treat her. This both makes me feel pressured as well as is a reason I love dogs (and most animals) so much…
Oh btw not sure if I mentioned before, but JD was trained for an entirely different reason than competitions – she was too painfully shy and it was recommended as a way of her getting over her shyness, because border collies first and foremost need a strong “purpose”, they’re bred to be happiest when they have a job…