What Is A Title?

[biker girl]

A girlfriend passed this on to me the other day, I thought I would share it with you all

Not just a brag, not just a stepping stone to a higher title, not just an adjunct to competitive scores.....

A title is a tribute to the dog that bears it, a way to honour the dog, an ultimate memorial.

It will remain in the records and in the memory for about as long as anything in the world can remain.

Though the dog itself doesn't know or care that it's achievements have been noted, a title says many things in the world of humans where such things count.

A title says your dog was intelligent, adaptable & good natured. It says your dog loved you enough to do the things that pleased you, however crazy they may have seemed. In addition, a title says that you loved your dog, that you loved to spend time with your dog because it was a good dog and that you believed in your dog enough to give it yet another chance when it failed and in the end your faith was justified...........

A title proves that your dog inspired you to that special relationship, enjoyed by so few, that in a world of disposable creatures, this dog with a title was greatly loved & loved greatly in return.

When that dear short life is over, the title remains as a memorial of the finest kind, the best you can give to a deserving friend.

Volumes of praise in one small set of intials before or after the name.......A CH obedience, agility etc title is nothing less than true love and respect, given and recorded permanently.

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[Tiggy]

That's beautiful .

[Gayle.]

That's fabulous, and oh so true. When I titled by boy in endurance, it was the culmination of 6 months of training......evenings and weekends riding the bike with him running beside it, for longer and longer rides. He had to learn to run on a loose lead, I had to learn to ride at a pace he could comfortably gait at, and also trust that he wouldn't pull me off the bike.

The day we did the trial, I was justifiably proud that we completed it, and gained his title.

The following week, we went to our obedience club and in conversation with the instructor, I mentioned we'd got our endurance title the previous weekend. His response was "Endurance??? Oh, anyone can do that!"

I looked along the line of people in the class and asked "If anyone can do it, where were all these people and their dogs then?"

Endurance might not be a title of skill, but it is most definitely a title that requires specific training and a bond of complete trust between dog and handler.

[huski]

GayleK, I would be so proud of my dogs if they got an ET title, it's definitely worth bragging about!!

When I finally trial with Daisy and hopefully get her first obedience title I will be telling just about anyone who will listen it will be a culmination of several years of work and time and effort.

Edited September 26, 2009 by huski

[Guest Clover]

That is lovely and oh so true .

[Mym]

Beautifully put....

[Tay.]

awww...