Woodwould
11th August 2009, 04:11 PM
A friend of ours is a dog lover. I'm a dog lover and have always had dogs, but this woman gives the phrase a new meaning. She takes in ex-racing Greyhounds from the GAP (http://gap.grv.org.au/index.html) (a very worthy and admirable cause) and any stray or unwanted dog - she's currently 'babysitting', as she puts it, a Spoodle whose owners have, to all intents and purposes, emigrated.
A while ago, this woman enrolled in some classes with a well established dog whisperer and subsequently set herself up as a dog whisperer. She has some rather odd (in my opinion) beliefs and practices relating to dogs; one being that one shouldn't stare at one's dog and if one does find oneself doing it inadvertently, one should look away and not try to out-stare the dog!
She has a special spot for one of her oldest residents, a big black GAP Greyhound which she's had for years. This dog is beautiful and it always surprised everyone why such a fit and healthy looking dog should have been rejected by the racing fraternity. The dog has always been treated with extraordinary adulation and when Mrs. Wood calls to visit, the Greyhound usually climbs up on the sofa beside her and stares at her intently. While the dog sits there, Mrs. Wood is requested not to stare back at the dog as, apparently, it "upsets her".
Mrs. Wood caught up with the dog whisperer the other day and it turns out this magnificent Greyhound was originally rejected because she's completely blind. That's one highly attuned dog whisperer!
A while ago, this woman enrolled in some classes with a well established dog whisperer and subsequently set herself up as a dog whisperer. She has some rather odd (in my opinion) beliefs and practices relating to dogs; one being that one shouldn't stare at one's dog and if one does find oneself doing it inadvertently, one should look away and not try to out-stare the dog!
She has a special spot for one of her oldest residents, a big black GAP Greyhound which she's had for years. This dog is beautiful and it always surprised everyone why such a fit and healthy looking dog should have been rejected by the racing fraternity. The dog has always been treated with extraordinary adulation and when Mrs. Wood calls to visit, the Greyhound usually climbs up on the sofa beside her and stares at her intently. While the dog sits there, Mrs. Wood is requested not to stare back at the dog as, apparently, it "upsets her".
Mrs. Wood caught up with the dog whisperer the other day and it turns out this magnificent Greyhound was originally rejected because she's completely blind. That's one highly attuned dog whisperer!