kpm_tex
07-13-2006, 12:47 PM
This has been making the rounds of some of the lists and I thought it was pretty cool. As a dog person the ultimate high is when the teamwork between dog and handler just 'clicks' and you are able to attain even a small goal out of all the hours of training !
Not just a brag, not just a stepping stone to a higher title, not
just an adjunct to competitive scores, a title is a tribute to the
dog that bears it, a way to honor the dog, an ultimate memorial. It
will remain in the record and in the memory for about as long as
anything in the world can remain. And though the dog doesn't know or
care that their achievements have been noted, a title says many
things in the world of humans where such things count.
A title says your dog was intelligent, adaptable, and good
natured. It says your dog loved you enough to do the things that
pleased you, however crazy they may have seemed to the dog. In
addition, a title says that you loved your dog, that you loved to
spend time with her/him because she/he was a good dog, and that you
believed in them enough to give them yet another chance after
failure, and in the end your faith was justified.
A title proves that your dog inspired you to that special
relationship, enjoyed by so few, that in a world of disposable
creatures, this dog with a title was greatly loved and loved greatly
in return. And when that dear, short life is over, the title remains
as a memorial of the finest kind,the best you can give to a deserving
friend. Volumes of praise in one small set of initials after the
name. An obedience, agility or herding title is nothing less than
true love and respect, given and recorded permanently.
Author Unknown
Not just a brag, not just a stepping stone to a higher title, not
just an adjunct to competitive scores, a title is a tribute to the
dog that bears it, a way to honor the dog, an ultimate memorial. It
will remain in the record and in the memory for about as long as
anything in the world can remain. And though the dog doesn't know or
care that their achievements have been noted, a title says many
things in the world of humans where such things count.
A title says your dog was intelligent, adaptable, and good
natured. It says your dog loved you enough to do the things that
pleased you, however crazy they may have seemed to the dog. In
addition, a title says that you loved your dog, that you loved to
spend time with her/him because she/he was a good dog, and that you
believed in them enough to give them yet another chance after
failure, and in the end your faith was justified.
A title proves that your dog inspired you to that special
relationship, enjoyed by so few, that in a world of disposable
creatures, this dog with a title was greatly loved and loved greatly
in return. And when that dear, short life is over, the title remains
as a memorial of the finest kind,the best you can give to a deserving
friend. Volumes of praise in one small set of initials after the
name. An obedience, agility or herding title is nothing less than
true love and respect, given and recorded permanently.
Author Unknown