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A few months ago, my wife and I contacted Guildford Staffords after reading the good success
stories on the website. Our desire was for a young Staffy who needed to be rehomed. We were specifically
after a Staffy as we had grown up on Jock of the Bushveld plus we are a very active couple participating
in running, mountain biking and general outdoor activities and the rehomed Staffy would need to keep up!
After numerious phone calls with many many 'first-time' owner questions, Alison mentioned that she had
a new Staffy on her list that was about to be dropped off. We decided to meet up and get introduced
to the new Staffy called Mojo.
Mojo is a young intelligent Staffy bitch who is just over a year old. We decided to take her home the
same day we met her. From that moment, our new 'Pack' has grown! We quickly realized that we knew very
little about being a pack so a quick indulgence in 'The Dog Whisperer' DVDs established that we needed to
define roles and follow some sound advice. A simple dog rule 'The Dog Whisperer' adheres to: exercise,
discipline & affection - in that order!
With the rules established, Mojo very quickly settled into a routine... but that only lasted a few days
before she was taken to the local dog training school for her first lesson. A few weeks later, she was
bundled into our 1972 Land Rover for the London to Brighton Land Rover rally. This was a camping trip - her first,
and my first with a dog. Usually the tent takes minutes to erect but with an excited Mojo, it seemed like hours!
One of our passions is running and mountain biking so I was very excited to read about the
Cani-X running events. Our first event was a local event near Bracknell. We did a few km's as a warm up and then it was
time for the 5km race. The tension in the air was enough for Mojo to get pretty excited so the minute we started the race,
she grabbed the lead and wanted to play tug-of-war! Did she not know that this was a race??? I had to stop a few times to reset
the lead, and tempt her to take her tennis ball. She eventually took the ball and we started again only for her to drop the ball.
By then at least three people had over taken us. We got to the halfway point when Mojo decided the excitement had made her
thirsty so we stopped for drink at a puddle. After the water stop, we had about 2.5km left, and it was at that point that Mojo
got her second wind. We absolutely flew over the last few Km's, reeling in all the other runners that had overtaken us. At one point
we had three massive puddles to run through – one was a foot deep which caught her off guard but she plowed through. As we came down
the finish line she was still pulling me along! I was now the dog-tired one!! In summary, Mojo has been an excellent introduction
into our 'pack'. She has experienced many new things after moving out of London and has bonded well with Debbie and I.
I can highly recommend the service that Guildford Staffords provides.
Regards,
Martin & Debbie Solms
Berkshire
