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DOG TRAINER/ HANDLER

AS DOG A HANDLER, HOW DID YOU PREPARE

FOR THE ECQ?

The pandemic is much more than a health crisis, it's also an

unprecedented socio-economic crisis. Stressing every one of the

countries it touches, it has the potential to create devastating

social, economic and political effects that will leave deep and

longstanding scars.

Every day, people are losing jobs and income, with no way of

knowing when normalicy will return. Small island nations,

heavily dependent on tourism, have empty hotels and deserted

beaches. Will this stop us? Is this the end of the world? Definitely

and absolutely NOT.

Who was prepared for this after all? No one was really prepared

for its onslaught.

A tough and perplexing question. How did I prepare for this as a

handler when the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) was

declared?

In all truthfulness, I wasn’t prepared to face this pandemic. And I

categorically believe that none of us was ready for its’ impact. All

plans were cancelled, as were all shows. Personally, my means of

living was at risk, my bread and butter, so to speak, and most

importantly my passion for handling was put on a hold for the

moment.

But what can I do? This situation, this crisis is beyond my control.

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It was beyond human control.