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On Being Important
May. 7th, 2006 10:13 pmToday was IMPORTANT.
Partly it was IMPORTANT because mymom got up very early. That doesn't happen often, because she works late. I know something interesting will happen if she gets up early.
A few days ago the important thing wasn't very fun. I went to the vet. The days before that I told mymom that I wasn't very interested in LEARNING for COOKIES. She kept watching me. And then I had a funny bad smell in my head. So mymom took me to the vet. It wasn't uncle vet, but a new auntie vet, because it was so sudden. Mymom told her I wasn't right. And the new auntie vet said she couldn't find anything but mymom said "Is too!" and I got pills. So now I feel better mostly but I still have to take those pills for a while.
( But I knew today was DIFFERENT. Because last night mymom packed my travel things! And mymom talked about going to a DOG MATCH. Mymom and myfriend and myauntie all went to a NEW PLACE together. I didn't worry because I had myveryowngoeverywhereredcrate. When mycrate is open, I go into it and wait for mymom to finish making our day spot ready. And I sleep. Mymom makes all kinds of oof and ow! and don't drop it! noises, but that's okay. Sooner or later our day spot is ready. Today after we had day spot shade, mymom put me on a grooming table and fixed my HANDSOMENESS to make it more noticeable. I don't understand this. I think my HANDSOMENESS is OBVIOUS. See my picture? See what I mean? But it got confusing after that, because she put on my obedience leash and we did obedience games. We don't do that very often but lately she's been sneaking it in. But did we go over where all the dogs were playing official obedience games? No! She put on my HANDSOMENESS LEASH and then she... She gave it to myauntie. What? And myauntie took me into the ring to show off for the judge, but maybe I was a little distracted. I tried to listen. Myauntie said I was GOOD! And mymom was waiting and she said I WAS VERY GOOD. I got COOKIES. Then I took a nap. When I woke up, mymom asked herfriends about obedience games and we did a little more of that. And then mymom switched leashes AGAIN and I went with myauntie to show off for another judge, and he LIKED ME. Maybe I was a lot distracted. I might have listened mostly. A little. But he still LIKED ME. And there were more COOKIES. Then I took a nap. Then FINALLY mymom took me over to the obedience games. She was nervous. I'm not used to that. Very strange. I told mymom that maybe I would listen, and maybe I would be busy doing other things. I can be very good at that. BUSY. And we were about to do OUR OBEDIENCE GAMES and suddenly myauntie arrived and she said, They're doing Best in Match RIGHT NOW and they changed my leash AGAIN and I went back to the other place and I decided it was VERY GOOD TO BE ADMIRED. When myauntie and I went into the showing off ring, I SHOWED OFF MY VERY BEST. Myauntie was suddenly easy to understand and I did just what she asked. I did GAITING and STACKING and LOOKING NOBLE. AND I WON. ME. CONNERYBEAGLE. WON THE MATCH. ALL OF IT. *wagwag* I think I should have stayed to be VERY ADMIRED BY EVERYONE THERE. My veryfirstmom was there! She would have given me MORE COOKIES, I'm sure of it. But mymom took my leash and made excited gurgling noises and we RAN FAST back to the obedience games, where they were WAITING. Mymom would have been nervous again except I think she was trying to breathe. She changed my leash (AGAIN) and sprayed me off so I would be cool and we went into the very beginning obedience game. I was still being VERY SPECIAL so I decided not to be too BUSY to listen to mymom. I listened PERFECTLY. I used my ATTENTION EARS. I heeled and I stood for exam and I stayed in a line with other dogs TWICE. AND I WON. ME. CONNERYBEAGLE. WON MY CLASS. Mymom says a score of 198 is PERFECT. I don't know what that makes a score of 200, but I'm sure she's right. I GOT COOKIES. And the judge said AWESOME. I think he meant to say BAWHSOME and got it wrong. Mymom said we went to the MATCH so myauntie and I could learn to show off well together. Myauntie is very good on the other end of the leash but sometimes she speaks in Cardigan-language and I don't understand. We have to learn each other. And then mymom and I tried obedience games since we were there. We did good. All day, we did good. I was IMPORTANT and SPECIAL. )
Partly it was IMPORTANT because mymom got up very early. That doesn't happen often, because she works late. I know something interesting will happen if she gets up early.
A few days ago the important thing wasn't very fun. I went to the vet. The days before that I told mymom that I wasn't very interested in LEARNING for COOKIES. She kept watching me. And then I had a funny bad smell in my head. So mymom took me to the vet. It wasn't uncle vet, but a new auntie vet, because it was so sudden. Mymom told her I wasn't right. And the new auntie vet said she couldn't find anything but mymom said "Is too!" and I got pills. So now I feel better mostly but I still have to take those pills for a while.
( But I knew today was DIFFERENT. Because last night mymom packed my travel things! And mymom talked about going to a DOG MATCH. Mymom and myfriend and myauntie all went to a NEW PLACE together. I didn't worry because I had myveryowngoeverywhereredcrate. When mycrate is open, I go into it and wait for mymom to finish making our day spot ready. And I sleep. Mymom makes all kinds of oof and ow! and don't drop it! noises, but that's okay. Sooner or later our day spot is ready. Today after we had day spot shade, mymom put me on a grooming table and fixed my HANDSOMENESS to make it more noticeable. I don't understand this. I think my HANDSOMENESS is OBVIOUS. See my picture? See what I mean? But it got confusing after that, because she put on my obedience leash and we did obedience games. We don't do that very often but lately she's been sneaking it in. But did we go over where all the dogs were playing official obedience games? No! She put on my HANDSOMENESS LEASH and then she... She gave it to myauntie. What? And myauntie took me into the ring to show off for the judge, but maybe I was a little distracted. I tried to listen. Myauntie said I was GOOD! And mymom was waiting and she said I WAS VERY GOOD. I got COOKIES. Then I took a nap. When I woke up, mymom asked herfriends about obedience games and we did a little more of that. And then mymom switched leashes AGAIN and I went with myauntie to show off for another judge, and he LIKED ME. Maybe I was a lot distracted. I might have listened mostly. A little. But he still LIKED ME. And there were more COOKIES. Then I took a nap. Then FINALLY mymom took me over to the obedience games. She was nervous. I'm not used to that. Very strange. I told mymom that maybe I would listen, and maybe I would be busy doing other things. I can be very good at that. BUSY. And we were about to do OUR OBEDIENCE GAMES and suddenly myauntie arrived and she said, They're doing Best in Match RIGHT NOW and they changed my leash AGAIN and I went back to the other place and I decided it was VERY GOOD TO BE ADMIRED. When myauntie and I went into the showing off ring, I SHOWED OFF MY VERY BEST. Myauntie was suddenly easy to understand and I did just what she asked. I did GAITING and STACKING and LOOKING NOBLE. AND I WON. ME. CONNERYBEAGLE. WON THE MATCH. ALL OF IT. *wagwag* I think I should have stayed to be VERY ADMIRED BY EVERYONE THERE. My veryfirstmom was there! She would have given me MORE COOKIES, I'm sure of it. But mymom took my leash and made excited gurgling noises and we RAN FAST back to the obedience games, where they were WAITING. Mymom would have been nervous again except I think she was trying to breathe. She changed my leash (AGAIN) and sprayed me off so I would be cool and we went into the very beginning obedience game. I was still being VERY SPECIAL so I decided not to be too BUSY to listen to mymom. I listened PERFECTLY. I used my ATTENTION EARS. I heeled and I stood for exam and I stayed in a line with other dogs TWICE. AND I WON. ME. CONNERYBEAGLE. WON MY CLASS. Mymom says a score of 198 is PERFECT. I don't know what that makes a score of 200, but I'm sure she's right. I GOT COOKIES. And the judge said AWESOME. I think he meant to say BAWHSOME and got it wrong. Mymom said we went to the MATCH so myauntie and I could learn to show off well together. Myauntie is very good on the other end of the leash but sometimes she speaks in Cardigan-language and I don't understand. We have to learn each other. And then mymom and I tried obedience games since we were there. We did good. All day, we did good. I was IMPORTANT and SPECIAL. )
