By Chase & Jan Tomlinson
Yipee! My mom said we were going to a doggie fun day. I think it was going to be at our training field. I was so excited about it as I really love to do fun things with my mom. I didn’t know exactly how we were going to have fun, but I was all in for it.
When we got to the field, there were lots of other dogs and people already there. My mom told me there were seven different activities and I could choose which ones I wanted to do. There was agili-ty, treibball, doggie dancing, rally, tracking, scent work, and doggie massage. Wow!
They all looked like fun, but I chose doggie dancing, scent work, and doggie massage. Lots of the other dogs chose to do everything to see what they liked best. I have done classes in treibball, rally, agility, scent work, and a long time ago, doggie dancing. So, I decided to do my favorite ones and maybe learn something new.
I started out with doggie dancing. You know I am a very good dancer, and we danced to a Beach Boys song. I don’t know how to surf, but I did my best dance moves and barked along with the song. I’m going to have to improve my moves and learn some new ones. Maybe I’d be better at ballroom dancing, and my friend, Shanel, could be my partner. She’s in love with me and has even grown a ruff to look like mine! The only problem is that she is much taller than I am, so I’d have to get some stilts. I wonder how dancing on stilts would be?
The next activity I did was scent work. My nose works really well, and my mom can never trick me when she hides my scent containers in the house. Sometimes, she even hides them outdoors. I find them every time!
When I went to do it, it was like an Easter egg hunt! There were all of these colored plastic eggs all over the ground. Oh, no! I forgot to bring my Easter basket to put them in. I thought Easter was over.
The instructor explained that was NOT the way it worked. I was supposed to find the egg that had the scent in it. So, I started sniffing. I sniffed and sniffed and sniffed and sniffed. Boy! There were a lot of eggs to check. Yay! I finally found it. I was so good at this game that the instructor hid another one behind a sign. That was even harder, but I found it right away. No fooling me, as I had my trusty GPS (my nose) with me, so I can find things quickly.
The third thing I chose to do was doggie massage. I had worked so hard at the other two, I de-served a nice, relaxing massage. Lyndie and Joe were giving the massages and it felt so good! I wrote about Joe in a previous issue. I love going to the doggie spa. This was a good way to end my day.
I hope you’ll find some fun activities to do with your human. There are lots of possibilities out there. So, Happy Sniffing, Dancing, Tacking, Rally, Treibball, and Agility.
~Sir Chase, Royal Sniffer
