Over at the play areas for the Vicktory dogs there have been some mighty strange happenings going on of late. In fact, flying saucers touching down on the sand, thereafter to spill out little green men with laser guns, would be about on par.
Brace yourselves. Believe it or not, nestled beneath the shade of the junipers dotting the area there have been spotted… play tunnels! (Shocking, we know.) And if that weren't enough, there are also elevation platforms. What's the world coming to?!
In truth, common objects like these are every bit as foreign and scary to these dogs as would be an extraterrestrial with fingertips that glow in the dark. They have experienced so little of the wide world, and while the Vicktory dogs gain confidence little by little with their current surroundings, they still have a tough time adapting to new things.
The agility tools, placed in the common exercise area, are all part of the strategy in teaching the Vicktory dogs how to expand their limited world. For now the agility tools are just sitting out there. A new, albeit strange, part of the landscape. But the hope is that the dogs will start to check them out, on their own terms of course, and ultimately start playing with the large agility toys. It may take a little while, but they will get there.
Think of it as teaching a child how to ride a bike. Nine times out of ten the kid is scared of the process at first, but once they learn how to do it, look out world! Same idea here. The Vicktory dogs need to overcome their jitters for all things new. And once they do, they'll be a whole lot happier. After all, just imagine how many adventures can be found waiting inside a single empty tube…