{"id":161,"date":"2014-04-20T22:08:29","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T03:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/busterjbrown.wpengine.com\/?p=161"},"modified":"2014-04-20T22:08:29","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T03:08:29","slug":"obedience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/busterjbrown.com\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"OBEDIENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

White-colored, brown-spotted Buster here. Within a couple of weeks of me adopting Mister Tom I started learning obedience stuff. That was more than ten years ago. I still go to classes to learn stuff. Eddie goes to classes to learn stuff, too. My favorite thing about going to class is seeing all my pals and letting them give me pets and scratches and treats. When I adopted Mister Tom, he did not know anything<\/em> about teaching dogs. Mister Tom loves dogs because we are smart and handsome critters. Since I am the first dog ever to adopt Mister Tom he was determined to help me become a well mannered dog. That is when I started taking Mister Tom to classes with Walter (see the poem I wrote about Walter on April 2, 2013: http:\/\/busterjbrown.wpengine.com\/?p=19).<\/p>\n

OBEDIENCE<\/strong> (Copyright 2014 by Buster J. Brown)<\/p>\n

Who knew the training and work,
\nAll the practice that it took.<\/p>\n

To learn the things I needed to know,
\nActually to compete in obedience shows.<\/p>\n

Years I toiled on the simple things,
\nBefore setting foot in the competition ring.<\/p>\n

Long sits, long downs part of the repertoire,
\nStaying where told for what seemed like hours.<\/p>\n

Precision heeling, about turns, recalls,
\nRepeated until I could do them all.<\/p>\n

Jumps called “broad,” “bar,” and “high,”
\nMastering all you would swear I could fly.<\/p>\n

Dumbbells of metal, leather, and wood,
\nRetrieve as commanded as well as I could.<\/p>\n

White cotton gloves, pick the right one,
\nMarked and commanded I was off at a run.<\/p>\n

All of this done to please my companion,
\nBonded we did in one way or fashion.<\/p>\n

In the end my ultimate reward,
\n“Good boy” the only words needed heard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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