Others seem to think that their dog is so special all of a sudden, but what have we done actually? This so called 10 minutes in the show ring means that I am a good looking dog, with good hips and in perfect health? I am not physically tired, this whole day I didn’t even breath heavy. That’s too easy, please don’t take me next time,  because it makes me feel that I am not a working dog. I feel so cheap. On the way home I am so bored that I fall a sleep. I am tired from doing absolutely nothing at all.

 Ah, this seems to be turning into a normal day. My owner has started training with me for the AD Endurance test. So I have to run next to a bike at a minimum speed of 12 kph. I have been running next to the bike lots of times, and I have to follow a strict training program to get me in better shape. The first week we did 3 km a day. Huh? Just warming up and the 3 km are already done. Oh well, if that’s the way it has to be done, so be it.

I am happy that the weeks after are far more my style of training. The distance has been increased to 5 and 7 km, and one or two days I don’t have to run but can work out in the hills and sand pitch. Throwing with my homey Rottweiler is also fun. My boss is training me also through all kinds of traffic, and he invited some people next to the practice track that are trying to get attention by whistling and female dogs. But I have to be focused on my owner and the speed of the bike and I don’t pay any attention on things that happen around me. I really like this biking and my shape and speed are really good.

Who ever said that a Tosa isn’t a working breed? Okay, if a dog doesn’t have to work, he can’t fail any kind of test. Or pass. 20 km is a nice test, more breeds should do it, it separates the strong from the weak. But nowadays it seems that other dogs are tested and screened from behind  a computer. Strong words, much talk, but absolutely no performance at all.

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