Falco makes his point
March 20th 2009 02:56
It took Falco five years to get the message across to his human.
Falco is one of those shaggy golden retrievers with a permanent smile on his face and song in his heart. No other sentient creature enjoys life as much as a golden retriever.
Falco's human is one of the younger, bigger, stronger, fitter specimens of dog owner, but at the dog park this morning he related a tale of defeat. After five years of dealing with Falco's boisterous on-lead habits, he said, he had developed shoulder pain and had had no choice but to swap sides.
It hadn't been easy, with Falco a little confused at first as to why he should suddenly be asked to walk to starboard rather than to port.
But it had only taken a few days of perseverance and things returned to normal.
Well, not quite. In fact, things changed considerably for the better because since the change Falco has demonstrated impeccable on-lead behaviour. The boisterous pulling is gone; walking him is now a sedate pleasure.
It only took five years to get his human to understand that he preferred walking on the other side.
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