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Free Training for Dog Owners at Woking Pet Shop
April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Woking’s local retail store ‘Pets at Residence’ offered local dog owners a free day’s training with their pets on Sunday the 19th of April.
The owners who came along were started off with the basic dog ownership skills, such as how to look the other way at just the right time to avoid seeing your dog taking a crap to avoid needing to pick it up. Key phrases for diverting attention away from onlookers was practiced in a friendly group environment, with each owner taking it in turns to shout, “hey, look! A spaceship!” whilst pointing away from their befouling hound.
A local dogwalker from the Horsell Common area commented,
“This is just what we’ve (dogwalkers) been waiting for. If you watch your dog go for a crap and someone sees, you kinda feel like you have to pick it up, which is disgusting. I mean, who wants to pick up a warm, sometimes wet, turd?”
Separate sessions were run for dog owners with particular training needs. One group were told how best to manage incidents involving their large dogs running out of control at small children whilst barking loudly. Owners were asked to memorise phrases such as “Don’t worry, my little scary Deathbringer won’t eat you alive, don’t be scared!” whilst ambling after their pets in a fairly lethargic manner.
Local PC Adrian Smith attended the event with his family and was pleased with the turn out,
“It was a great event – a big thank you to the responsible dog owners who got involved. That said, I would have liked to have seen more content on using your dog as a means of self defence against criminals, or even as weapons. Like creating killer-dogs or something, you know.”
The event was run by Sandra Wilson as part of National Pet Month. Sandra runs training sessions across the county as well as operating her own local dog training company. In a quick break between sessions Sandra told us,
“Dog training should be fun for both the dog and the owner. It’s less about the stick and more about the carrot. Except when you’re playing games involving fetching sticks, when the stick is actually paramount. That said, it has become fashionable to use a long plastic ball-lobber instead, but that’s different really when you think about it.”
Sandra will be back at Pets at Residence in Woking the third week of May.