Eek......burrners......this brings back a nightmare. I had taken Bacchus and Ari for their Temperament Test. It was help on a sheep farm....the people had cleared a big field for the test. Ken was unexpectedly called into work which worried me a bit-he was gonna be the "dog holder" while the other one was testing.. Then the "beautiful" September day....turned into one of those freak Ohio 90 degree days, so I knew there'd be no leaving one in the SUV. But I figured I could ask for some help with that.
THEN....as I directed them to the one square foot of shade available.....Bacchus sat squarely on the big pile of cleared BURR bushes. There were hundreds of burrs in his tail and britches. And he absolutely hates the things [does any dog like them? LOL]. So picture me [I'm not great in the heat either] trying to remain calm while seperating and removing each burr. Poor baby....I hadn't even brought a comb. "Stand.....easy...good baby" repeated a hundred times, while Ari strained at the end of her leash wanting to go investigate everything else. FINALLY got them all out....all I can say is I'm glad I wasn't the one being tested for MY temperament that day. The happy [?] ending is they both passed their TT. HATE BURRS!!!!! Cathi with Bacchus [Cheserhofs Gallant Bacchus TT, CGC] and Ari [Prima Ariadne v Alderhorst TT, CGC]
