I received this lovely, lovely email from a newsletter subscriber a little while ago, and am posting it here with her permission. I love hearing stories like this – and I’m so grateful that Cheryl allowed me to repost here.
“Hi Daisy!
How coincidental that you are asking for some inspiring content for your class. I read this article just days prior to finishing our very first MACH with my boy Hogan:
While it is an article directed toward parents, I found it a completely fitting and parallel scenario with us and our dogs. Many of us are “parents” with dog “children”. A lot of what is written really hit home for me, especially those 6 words, “I love to watch you play”.
You see, my boy Hogan is an almost 11 year old Golden Retriever. He’s my first dog ever, let alone agility dog. We’ve been struggling for the past 8-9 years in agility to become that consistent team required to achieve a championship. Through those years I’ve struggled terribly with the mental game. I’ve seen and had training partners climb the ranks onward and upward, achieving success with dog after dog. I was feeling left behind and left out. At that time, I viewed success simply as getting a Q. It seemed that everyone else was Q-ing and running in Excellent classes, enjoying themselves and all gathering together with the camaraderie that I desperately wanted to be a part of.
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