took Gemma working yesterday. Her kit bag consists of water, a power snack (dinner), towelling robe and a fluorescent jacket.
She is our first working dog and we have trained her ourselves . She only stands 11 inches at the shoulder and weighs about 8 kg. She works her socks off for us, covering more than her share of the drives.She also works non stop and harder than most because of her size, yesterday she was on the go for 6 hours. She is offered fresh water after the drives, a snack at dinner time, wears a hi vis jacket ( she is red in colour) and at dinner time and home time is wrapped in her warm "dressing gown". when we get home her needs are seen to before anything else
Yesterday, i was told that we pamper her and will make her soft.
In my head, this little dog does me proud and it is only proper that we respect and care for her in return for her work. We see many of the dogs do not even get a drink of fresh water all day, but never have i heard their owners being told off
I like to think that this man with his overweight
slug lab was jealous of me and my little pocket rocket
End of rant