[MR] dogs at events

[Barbara Miller]

    I attend few events because it's hard enough
finding
    someone to care for my aging parent let alone also
    finding a kennel for the dog.  And adds huge
expenses.
    Responsibilty for the dog, is the owners.  If we
want
    to come and enjoy an event we should be honest
about
    our dogs' personaility.  Some dogs are not well
    socialized and can not cope with the stress of
lots of
    strangers.  And given I have a long haired dog, we
    will NEVER be out camping at a summer event.  
    I do think it would be nice to add "awards" for
the
    dogs to encourage owners to make their dogs as SCA
    friendly as possible.  A fencer gets different
colored
    scarfs for advancing in skill- maybe different
colored
    collars or leads?  1 for a brand new to an event
dog
    (easily seen by others so they are aware of what
it may not know) and different ones for showing good
    behavior, traning ect.  
    My dog is a period documentable breed, that I feel
    would be a wonderful assest for demos.  He is a
    herding breed and being able to do some herding
demos in garb would be awesome.  
    But like all things in large groups, comprimise is
    required.  No one wants to ruin anyones enjoyment
but not having the fluffmonster with me is a real
pill.

   But he is taking classes in obedience and herding-
and will hopefully become a considerate member of the
SCA in the future.
    Liamhain Aodhagan


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com