Talk about having your heart drop into your stomach. We had just finished the long down when all of a sudden this aussie just bolted. He was running so fast and straight for traffic. Luckily someone from the club was on the street and saw it and was able to stop traffic because he did just bolt right across and then kept running towards more traffic. The owner and this woman jumped in there car and managed to get in front of him and as soon as he saw the owner he went right to her.
Everyone in the class was just in shock. The instructor was just beside herself - she'd worked with this dog many times before and apparently he is afraid of skateboards. Turns out there are tennis courts behind where we work and someone had a skateboard in there.
I was so glad to see her come back with him. Between the traffic driving down and the dog taking off I was wiped. I was going to stay and work just heeling with Moose because I had been late to class, but after that I decided I was going home.
Everyone in the class was just in shock. The instructor was just beside herself - she'd worked with this dog many times before and apparently he is afraid of skateboards. Turns out there are tennis courts behind where we work and someone had a skateboard in there.
I was so glad to see her come back with him. Between the traffic driving down and the dog taking off I was wiped. I was going to stay and work just heeling with Moose because I had been late to class, but after that I decided I was going home.