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The annual canine obedience competition was only a week away when suddenly the dog trainer's union went on strike.
Non-union workers were hired to finish up training the dogs for the show. Training was going well as the replacement workers taught the dogs about fetching, rolling over & sitting.
Worried that they may lose their jobs entirely, the striking union members began to march with protest signs outside the training arena. This all began just about the time the dogs were supposed to be learning to follow the command to "heel."
Hearing the striker's chants and recognizing their real trainer's voices, the confused dogs would no longer follow the substitute trainers through their paces.
This came as no surprise to anyone because we've always known, "A scab will never heel if you picket."
(By Gary Hallock)
The Strike
I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. They fight for honor at the first challenge, make love with no moral restraint, and they do not for all their marvelous instincts appear to know about death. Being such wonderfully uncomplicated beings, they need us to do their worrying.
~George Bird Evans
The oldest known breed of domesticated dog is the saluki. Carvings of animals resembling the saluki have been found in excavations of the Sumerian Empire believed to date from between 6000 and 7000 B.C.
