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| Nic | Jun 19 2008, 10:00 AM |
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Had a awful lesson yest, since I have been moved up a class from my nice laid back fun have a laugh class, to a more competitive class I have not been enjoying it at all. I mean so they should be competitive if they do agility, but I have decided its not for me, I will carry on doing it on my own and maybe do the odd comp, but i just dont fit into the lessons. Hardly anyone talks to me, mainly cos i dont do many comps and thats all they talk about, and also i think it may be cos I am a good 20 yrs younger than most of them. I cant do many comps as I have horses, full time work, exams, a bf, friends and family, they may like to put agility first but i like to have it as a thing to do when i like, not the only thing i do. I stand there feeling left out, upset, and finding the 100% focus on doing better in competitions rather than having fun and not thinking about what place I come and how to knock 0.000005 of a second off my time too much. I LOVE agility, dont get me wrong, i think u need to be competitive if u wanna win, but i dont, i wanna hav fun. What really did it tho is the couple of times anyone talked to me, it was to comment on brandys hair cut (mainly negative comments and sayin i shuda done it myself etc (i prefer a groomer to do it as its less stress for Brandy and they have the correct tools, silly me thinking of my dog rather than saving a few pounds!)) Or to say that now she is clipped she looks overweight, now i know its my dog, its hard to accept if ur own pet is over weight, but she isnt, she is on minimum food and a good hour + a day walks, plus weekends away a lot. I think its cos now it is shorter it is my sticky out and makes her look wider, but if u flatten the fur she has a nice waist and the covering on her ribs is fine. Also bf owns a pet shop and feels dogs all the time for weight, and he says she is fine. The lady who made this comment felt her and said she feels a little too much covering, and said to feel her dogs, i am not joking, absolutly bones is all i could feel. i said i think we all have diff ideas on what is a good weight and she said if she were me and she were competing brands to loose some, i said i wasnt competing and thought she's fine. This was the final straw, all they care about is competing, and stuff, i would rather my dog is the correct weight than skinny so she can do better in agility. Sorry for this rant, i am v upset as I LOVED my lessons before, and now feel like i am gonna give up something that was fine till i got moved up, and just wanted to let my :x: out! |
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