Ghosts

This morning we went and investigated ring rental at Pawsitive Energy in Columbus.  We are happy to report that it was a success with a friendly owner and a nice indoor area to practice in.  It took us less than an hour to get there, a short drive for someone living in the black hole of the dog show world (i.e. Bloomington).

The only downside? Tully believes ghosts inhabit one side of the dog walk there.  The other side and the middle are fine and ghost free, but the other one is obviously haunted.  What other explanation can there be for him not wanting to touch it either as an up or down ramp?  He politely told me "no" from the start,even when being bribed with cookies.  When he realized I was going to push the issue, he changed from "no" to "No way, no how, not while I am alive."  My only hope is that he only believes that THAT particular one is haunted and not all dog walks.  Other than that, it was overall a success.  He is not used to working on dirt, one of the major reasons we are renting ring time at this facility.  Dirt is exciting and has good smells in it. It's fun to eat, sniff, and roll in.  My goal is to prove to Tully between now and nationals (which will be held on dirt) that dirt is no big deal and it certainly isn't more exciting than running the course.  I don't think I quite proved that to him today, but he was doing much better by the end of practice.  We have 5 months until nationals.  Hopefully dirt will be our friend by then. 

We intend to spend the rest of our day being lazy.  We've worked enough this weekend.  Time for a quick look at the summer show calendar, which then leads to a long look at the checkbook.  Maybe we'll just take a nap instead.