dutchman
05-22-2000, 11:19 PM
Hello all,
Those of you who read the rescue or grief sections know the story of my loss and my new buddy Frank. Here is a little update on Frank. A week ago we attended the Fire Hydrant Five that is a fund raising run for the local Humane Society (Frank is an alumni of one month). I raced the people race a 5 KM run and then Frank and I ran the doggie 3 KM (1.86 mile) run. Since Frank is just seven months old and I've only had him for a month I didn't expect we would run the race but instead had planned on race walking it. I forgot to tell Frank he couldn't run. We lined up near the back of the back. When the gun went off Frank strained at his leash trying to keep up or pass the other dogs. I tried to tell him he needed to learn how to pace himself but he wouldn't hear of that ahd after he powered his front feet off the ground for about the third time I let him speed up to a full run. He seemed to take a special pleasure in passing the labs and goldens giving them a quick glance as he passed then picking out the next dog up ahead and concentrated on the next goal. While we were far from winning I really hadn't expected Frank to run the whole race and was impressed with how well he help up. We ended up averaging about 8:30/mile so I'd guess we were under an 8:00 pace for much of the middle of the race. Frank wasn't the only dachshund in the race there were three large mini/small tweenie's in the race. A lone black and tan and another pair who were going along with their people one of whom was ridding in a wheel chair with a broken foot. The nine year old dachshund in that pair got to ride part of the way.
We got eliminated form the musical doggie walk in the first round. It was like musical chairs but with carpet squares the dogs had to sit on when the music stopped. Frank decided to respect his elders and let an older setter take the seat they were both near when the music stopped. We ended up having our photo taken since I hadn't been a good daddy and gotten a photo taken. Frank always wants to take a close up look if a camera comes out.
Tom and Frank
Those of you who read the rescue or grief sections know the story of my loss and my new buddy Frank. Here is a little update on Frank. A week ago we attended the Fire Hydrant Five that is a fund raising run for the local Humane Society (Frank is an alumni of one month). I raced the people race a 5 KM run and then Frank and I ran the doggie 3 KM (1.86 mile) run. Since Frank is just seven months old and I've only had him for a month I didn't expect we would run the race but instead had planned on race walking it. I forgot to tell Frank he couldn't run. We lined up near the back of the back. When the gun went off Frank strained at his leash trying to keep up or pass the other dogs. I tried to tell him he needed to learn how to pace himself but he wouldn't hear of that ahd after he powered his front feet off the ground for about the third time I let him speed up to a full run. He seemed to take a special pleasure in passing the labs and goldens giving them a quick glance as he passed then picking out the next dog up ahead and concentrated on the next goal. While we were far from winning I really hadn't expected Frank to run the whole race and was impressed with how well he help up. We ended up averaging about 8:30/mile so I'd guess we were under an 8:00 pace for much of the middle of the race. Frank wasn't the only dachshund in the race there were three large mini/small tweenie's in the race. A lone black and tan and another pair who were going along with their people one of whom was ridding in a wheel chair with a broken foot. The nine year old dachshund in that pair got to ride part of the way.
We got eliminated form the musical doggie walk in the first round. It was like musical chairs but with carpet squares the dogs had to sit on when the music stopped. Frank decided to respect his elders and let an older setter take the seat they were both near when the music stopped. We ended up having our photo taken since I hadn't been a good daddy and gotten a photo taken. Frank always wants to take a close up look if a camera comes out.
Tom and Frank