When the wheels fall off...
 The
Agility Whisperer is back with a selection of excuses oft heard around the shows - 13 reasons
why it all went wrong. So what's your excuse?
Email your best ones to
us... Someone else might be able to use them!
1. He never runs well first thing in the
morning.
AW: We know the
feeling well.
2. On another day we would have won that class.
AW: Dream on.
3. The judge set the wrong course.
AW: Tell that to the 47 dogs that went clear.
4. The rings were too close together.
AW: I admit that it
can be a problem particular at indoor venues.
5. The wind knocked the pole off.
AW: On a clear, still, sunny day, I don’t think
so.
6. The rings are too far from the camping.
AW: So who got tired – you or the dog?
7. He thought the plane was a bird.
AW: Moral. If you have
got a gun dog, don’t go to Shuttleworth.
8. He thought the
bird was a plane.
AW: Moral. If you have got a gun dog,
don’t go to Shuttleworth.
9.
If I had got there on time I could have won that class.
AW: Are you sure you are not
in an alternate universe?
10. There were too many obstacles.
AW: The first one was getting
out of bed.
11. The previous dog
spent a penny in the ring.
AW: This is the first one for
which I have sympathy.
12. I should not have listened to my friend. I
should have done it the way I had planned.
AW: Good – lesson learned.
13. If I had done it before lunch, I would have
been okay.
AW: Actually your number in
the running order was called before lunch.
Feedback
From Roger Worner
If he hadn’t 'knocked that pole, run wide at that
turn, been held on that contact., had got that contact,' we’d have won the class because he
was 2 seconds faster than the winner. ! (20/01/11)
From Sharron Schick
I once followed a gentleman back from a ring
after he had not had a successful run. I don't know who he was but he was telling his companion
that his dog would have done much better if the equipment had been made by RVA as his dog knew
the difference! (08/01/11)
From Paula Kingswood
If he hadn’t missed that contact, he would have
won that class by five seconds. (08/12/10)
From Enid G.
After judging, had this once said to me. 'He was
frightened because you were wearing red.' (0/12/10)
From Ellen Rocco
Another time whilst judging I was told the dog
bit me because I was wearing a hat! (09/12/10)
Published 04/12/10
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