'After The Boss had earned his Companion Dog Title, I decided to retire him and devote my time to teaching. Advancing in the world of dog training, I became a senior instructor, but my elevated status didn't bring with it the satisfaction I had hoped for.
I missed The Boss!
Also, my conscience troubled me; it didn't seem right for me to be teaching others to train their dogs to do that which mine could not, so I decided to enrol us in the Clever Canines Team. But we didn't cover ourselves with glory there either. Being of sound mind and thin skin I gave our notice and we left before we could be fired. However, circumstances changed when the team leader had to leave for personal reasons, and I found myself conscripted back into the team as MC.
Unfortunately, this meant I was again working without The Boss, until I finally decided that the only way to spend more quality time with him was to start doing obedience work again, and we eventually found ourselves back on the trial circuit - with unexpected results.' (Publisher's blurb)
The Boss and Slave
Mandurah
:
Equilibrium Books
,
2011
Z1914696
2011
single work
novel
'Anyone can train a dog, or so I was told when we brought The Boss home. Unfortunately, I'm not anyone, and by the time The Boss had finished with me, I wasn't even sure I was someone!
He was a forty-kilogram German shepherd with a mind of his own, who only ever wanted to go where he wanted. As I didn't weigh much, I had no choice but to go along with him. We had never owned a dog before so this was new territory for all of us, and of course, the job of turning our hairy monster into something we could manage, fell to me.
Joining a dog club was obviously the way to go, even allowing for the costs involved, which were a small price to pay when compared to the embarrassment I suffered at his paws. We were the despair of every trainer who had the misfortune of trying to teach us, but we persevered together, and in the end, we shared a remarkable bond that only a dog owner could understand.' (Publisher's blurb)
