Most people, when trying to decide what to do with a Saturday morning, would probably not choose to wake up at 7:00 am to help out at a dog agility competition. Trust me, I wasn’t sure I wanted to do it either, but when Bennett’s obedience teacher said she needed help with a competition at her house guess who signed up to volunteer. ME!
I honestly didn’t know what to expect. I guess maybe people walking around with their dogs, tote bags thrown over shoulders filled with water bottles, treats, etc. Boy was I wrong! There were folks setting up tents at 7:30 and rolling carpets out for their precious pooches to lie on (heaven forbid they sit on the grass). Truth be told, if I could roll out a carpet for Bennett to sit on whenever she was outside I probably would.
I took our new NCSU office camera with me so that I could begin to learn what all the fancy buttons did. As I walked around and snapped pictures I began chit-chatting (hard to believe, I know) with people. One woman had been competing for about 20 years and her granddaughter had been showing dogs in agility for 7 years! Did I mention the granddaughter was only 14?! Another lady was telling me about her dogs when I noticed a picture of a dog on her shirt. She explained that was a picture of her smooth coated collie that’s been doing agility for several years. That’s right; she made a shirt with a picture of her dog on the front!
As I walked around with my super huge new camera I started to feel a bit like a celebrity. I actually had one lady come up and request I snap a few pictures with she and her dog. I didn’t mind, of course and began having more fun taking pictures of dogs and their owners. It was fun getting action shots of the dogs jumping over hurdles, but snapping moments of the relationship between person and pooch allowed me to capture something really special :)
It was a fun (and random) event for a Saturday and it made me feel good to see there are other people crazier about their dogs than me!
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