We got to the check-in point and there were dogs EVERYWHERE! Kodo promptly forgot all his training and started tugging my arm off like all those badly trained dogs you see in the dog training shows- I was so embarrassed!! Even cheese wasn't helping. and he ALWAYS wants cheese.
There was another Berner there! I got to talking with his person, and it turned out he was almost 2, and came from at least the same sire if not both sire and dam as Kodo did. He was a very handsome boy with a nice (but not too heavy) coat.. A group of girls came up to us and wanted their picture with the two Berners. We also got a ton of questions from people walking by. When it is just me, a lot of people assume Kodo is a mix if they aren't familiar with the breed, but seeing two together usually clues people in.. :)
We got lined up at the starting line, and I decided to keep Kodo with me since he was still being so bad he probably would have pulled my poor Mom off her feet. I figured I would jog for about a mile or so, and just keep a close eye on him for signs of tiring. But I was barely into the race before my knee started acting up BADLY again, so I caved and did the one mile walk with Dad and Daphne instead. Which was fun, but I was still disappointed I didn't manage to at least run the distance. Greg managed to do well though he took third in his (very competitive) age group.
Afterwards we wandered around the site for a bit, petted other puppies, let people pet Kodo (he dealt very well with a very small child who came up to him, which definitely means he is calming down and growing up a bit). And there was a skunk rescue there so Kodo got to see some (I assume de-scented) skunks up fairly close. Didn't seem really interested though- probably a good thing! :)
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