I’ve seen these competitions before. Amazing, but one wouldn’t think of a bulldog in this context. Good job for the dog, and his trainer!
Thank you for that, made my day! There’s hope for me!
Marvelous.
I would think that it took some imagination for the trainer to look at Rudy for the first time and think, “I can make an athlete out of this fellow.”.
Triggers in one’s mind that line from the movie Diner, when two chaps from Baltimore get lost in Maryland horse country: “Do you have the feeling there’s a lot of stuff going on we don’t know about?”
Speaking of movies and dog competitions, check out the movie “Best In Show;” a really hilarious movie about dog competitions.
What memories this triggers. Our very first dog was a bulldog. His name was Buster. He was intelligent, playful and loving. Not as well trained as Rudy, but a marvelous dog. Not a popular breed but they are fine dogs.
Thanks for the link, O’Bloody Hell. I’ve been hoping that new private schools and coop schools would spring up to compete with the deteriorating public schools. The time is ripe, and it appears that the opportunities are being seized.
While we’re at it, please recall that Nancy Pelosi did not start out with a keen intellect. Recall also she is the oldest person ever to sit in the Speaker’s chair.
I had no idea the trainers had to be such vigorous runners themselves.
Rudy looked like he was having a ball.
Dick Francis, the jockey-turned-mystery-writer, often remarked in his books that the horses had to love racing as much, or more, than their riders did.
Also, at a sheep-herding demo on a Welsh farm, the owner told us that dogs will let you know pretty soon after you start teaching them whether they are interested in herding or not, and you can never train one who doesn’t want the job.
I’ve only watched one live canine obstacle race – it was the dachsund division – the hurdles were about 6 inches high.
OBloodyHell – the FEE post on micro-schools describes exactly what motivated one of our sons to move his family to Texas. He was unhappy at the educational options in Colorado, even though they were pretty broad, and found an outfit near Houston that has about 100 students in 4 class-rooms, which is working out great for his kids. They are challenged at their own intellectual level, and have enough classmates for good social development. Spreading the four classes through K-12 is more like home-schooling with a BIG family than going to a standard institution.
Wish we had been able to do that when he and his brothers were kids.
Wish I myself could have gone to a school like that!
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I’ve seen these competitions before. Amazing, but one wouldn’t think of a bulldog in this context. Good job for the dog, and his trainer!
Thank you for that, made my day! There’s hope for me!
Marvelous.
I would think that it took some imagination for the trainer to look at Rudy for the first time and think, “I can make an athlete out of this fellow.”.
Triggers in one’s mind that line from the movie Diner, when two chaps from Baltimore get lost in Maryland horse country: “Do you have the feeling there’s a lot of stuff going on we don’t know about?”
All the weird little subcultures in the world.
https://fee.org/articles/burned-out-teachers-are-launching-their-own-schools-instead-of-abandoning-their-passion-and-succeeding/
Great idea.
Speaking of movies and dog competitions, check out the movie “Best In Show;” a really hilarious movie about dog competitions.
What memories this triggers. Our very first dog was a bulldog. His name was Buster. He was intelligent, playful and loving. Not as well trained as Rudy, but a marvelous dog. Not a popular breed but they are fine dogs.
Thanks for the link, O’Bloody Hell. I’ve been hoping that new private schools and coop schools would spring up to compete with the deteriorating public schools. The time is ripe, and it appears that the opportunities are being seized.
https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-pelosi-suffers-extreme-54-second-cognitive-failure-live-tv/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=PUBreaking&utm_campaign=wj-breaking&utm_content=libertyalliance&ats_es=f4976a10563bcac8011f998b7d3588de
While we’re at it, please recall that Nancy Pelosi did not start out with a keen intellect. Recall also she is the oldest person ever to sit in the Speaker’s chair.
Art Deco. Reminds me of this video of Nancy
https://bravenewworldmedia.com/video-have-you-seen-hilarious-viral-nancy-pelosi-impersonator-shes-got-the-voice-and-look-down-pat/
I had no idea the trainers had to be such vigorous runners themselves.
Rudy looked like he was having a ball.
Dick Francis, the jockey-turned-mystery-writer, often remarked in his books that the horses had to love racing as much, or more, than their riders did.
Also, at a sheep-herding demo on a Welsh farm, the owner told us that dogs will let you know pretty soon after you start teaching them whether they are interested in herding or not, and you can never train one who doesn’t want the job.
I’ve only watched one live canine obstacle race – it was the dachsund division – the hurdles were about 6 inches high.
OBloodyHell – the FEE post on micro-schools describes exactly what motivated one of our sons to move his family to Texas. He was unhappy at the educational options in Colorado, even though they were pretty broad, and found an outfit near Houston that has about 100 students in 4 class-rooms, which is working out great for his kids. They are challenged at their own intellectual level, and have enough classmates for good social development. Spreading the four classes through K-12 is more like home-schooling with a BIG family than going to a standard institution.
Wish we had been able to do that when he and his brothers were kids.
Wish I myself could have gone to a school like that!