Corgey Road

I posted this on FaceBook, but it's worthy of the blog, I think. I am way behind in beach posts and I need to write up a huge National Agility Championship post (waiting on photos and video). I'll just keep plugging along.......

The Fool on the Hill

I saw this picture and I immediately thought of the Beatles song, The Fool on the Hill . (Listen here )

As I have done a few times in the past, I made up my own version of the lyrics. (My apologies to John and Paul!)

Here they are:

Day after day, alone on the hill

The dog with the short legs is keeping perfectly still

But everyone wants to pet him

They can see he's not "just  a dog"

And he never gives an wag

But the dog on the hill

Sees the sun going down

And the eyes in his head

See the squirrels spinning round

Well on the way, nose to the wind

The dog of a thousand sounds is barking perfectly loud

But everybody hears him

and the sounds that he makes

And he never seems to notice

But the dog on the hill

Sees the sun going down

And the eyes in his head

See the squirrels spinning round

And everyone seems to like him

They can tell what he wants to do

And he never shows he cares

But the dog on the hill

Sees the sun going down

And the eyes in his head

See the squirrels spinning round

He never listens to them

He knows they want him inside

They don't like him barking

But the dog on the hill

Sees the sun going down

And the eyes in his head

See the squirrels spinning round

Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9

Now that 2014 is in the history books, I pulled the agility statistics for Jimmy's area of competition. This list shows the top 25 "Preferred"*** Cardigan Welsh Corgis. I was beyond pleased to see Jimmy's name sitting at Number 9! I look forward to seeing how we do in 2015. Yay, Jimmy!

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Of course saying Number 9 brought to mind the Beatles song with those words. It is in the song called Revolution 9. I went to see the lyrics and my goodness are they some of the odder ones from the Beatles. John Lennon at his most experimental stage. Definitely not my taste, but then either was Hey Jude and it was a huge hit. I'm not sure I could pick a favorite song from all their vast works. I think it would depend on my mood. Do you have a favorite Beatles song?

Have a great weekend, Everyone! 

I hope it is filled with good news and great music!

*** Preferred refers to the class where the dogs get to jump one height lower than what they measure into. Jimmy measured into jumping 12 inch jumps. That's the height he jumped to earn his MACH title. As soon as he got that title, I dropped him down to 8 inches, aka the Preferred class. Even jumping 4 less inches makes a big difference in the wear and tear on his joints, so I dropped asap. It's also much less frustrating for both of us with many less knocked jump bars.