I've always had prejudices about people who had many animals and who spent oceans of time talking about them and being with them.
I started my dog team with one dog, and a whole new world opened up to me. I automatically became a member of a community that I had no idea existed. I was stopped on the streets and alleys by people I didn't know who wanted to know something about my dog and wanted to pet her. People with dogs greeted and smiled at me every time I walked the dog. I found myself stopping and talking to people about their dogs and good places to walk them. We talked about the dogs' behavior and well-being, and our love for the little woolly tufts
When I got dog number two, the exact same thing happened.
Now I was stopped on the street and asked if it was more difficult with two dogs and what advantages it had. I found myself telling people how wonderful it was to have two dogs in the house and how different they were. People looked at me on the street when I came with my two brown beauties.
I started Nose Work training with dog no.2 and the dog world became even bigger. There were no limits to how much we shared with each other about big and small things in our training. We could talk about it for a long time and we made a virtue of finding good training places and telling others about them.
One evening I found myself looking for dog equipment and training clothes online for several hours to find the right thing – we're not talking about the prices.
Dog no. 3 moved in and then it all started again – I was stopped on the street and asked if it wasn't difficult with all those leashes. How is it that you have chosen to have so many dogs? Are they very different? etc. etc.
Oops, now I had become the “lady with the dogs”…….. .. All my free time is about dogs. My middle dog has become a certified reading dog, the smallest is in training and I practice Nose Work with all 3 dogs. Two summers in a row my vacation has been summer camp with wonderful dog friends.
Help, what do people think of me? Do they think I'm crazy? That's what I thought for a long time, today I don't care.
Others take up handball and train several times a week, and go to matches on the weekend. Others go fishing and are out in all kinds of weather, hoping to catch a trout or two.
I love the dog world and I love it. I am proud of my dog girls, and what we have achieved and experienced together. I love our time together and we in the pack are very happy with our lives.
About blogger: Ea Bagge
Ea has 3 female dogs, Honey, 11 years old, Luna, 2 years old and Maggie, 9 weeks old. Her oldest dog is a dachshund mix that she brought home from her time in Greenland. The other two are cocker mixes with duracell batteries. Ea trains Nose Work with all her dogs, it is a fantastic activity/sport. Luna is environmentally trained and socially trained from an early age, as she will hopefully one day be used as a pedagogical "tool".
The Lady with the Dogs - The Dog Lady?
I've always had prejudices about people who had many animals and who spent oceans of time talking about them and being with them.
I started my dog team with one dog, and a whole new world opened up to me. I automatically became a member of a community that I had no idea existed. I was stopped on the streets and alleys by people I didn't know who wanted to know something about my dog and wanted to pet her. People with dogs greeted and smiled at me every time I walked the dog. I found myself stopping and talking to people about their dogs and good places to walk them. We talked about the dogs' behavior and well-being, and our love for the little woolly tufts
When I got dog number two, the exact same thing happened.
Now I was stopped on the street and asked if it was more difficult with two dogs and what advantages it had. I found myself telling people how wonderful it was to have two dogs in the house and how different they were. People looked at me on the street when I came with my two brown beauties.
I started Nose Work training with dog no.2 and the dog world became even bigger. There were no limits to how much we shared with each other about big and small things in our training. We could talk about it for a long time and we made a virtue of finding good training places and telling others about them.
One evening I found myself looking for dog equipment and training clothes online for several hours to find the right thing – we're not talking about the prices.
Dog no. 3 moved in and then it all started again – I was stopped on the street and asked if it wasn't difficult with all those leashes. How is it that you have chosen to have so many dogs? Are they very different? etc. etc.
Oops, now I had become the “lady with the dogs”…….. .. All my free time is about dogs. My middle dog has become a certified reading dog, the smallest is in training and I practice Nose Work with all 3 dogs. Two summers in a row my vacation has been summer camp with wonderful dog friends.
Others take up handball and train several times a week, and go to matches on the weekend. Others go fishing and are out in all kinds of weather, hoping to catch a trout or two.
I love the dog world and I love it. I am proud of my dog girls, and what we have achieved and experienced together. I love our time together and we in the pack are very happy with our lives.
About blogger: Ea Bagge
Ea has 3 female dogs, Honey, 11 years old, Luna, 2 years old and Maggie, 9 weeks old. Her oldest dog is a dachshund mix that she brought home from her time in Greenland. The other two are cocker mixes with duracell batteries. Ea trains Nose Work with all her dogs, it is a fantastic activity/sport. Luna is environmentally trained and socially trained from an early age, as she will hopefully one day be used as a pedagogical "tool".