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HOW DID YOU PREPARE
AS A DOG OWNER AND RONNY
EXHIBITOR FOR THE ECQ?

When I first heard that the
Government is planning to implement LABORADA
the ECQ, the first thing that came to
my mind is the food supply for my
dogs, I panicked and acted swiftly in WELSH CORGI PEMBROKE OWNER/EXHIBITOR
search for dog food and dog meds/
supplements around the vicinity and
even nearby towns buying all the HOW DID THE NEW activities making it hard for us to train
dog food brand my dogs eat that NORMAL AFFECT YOU AS A dogs for the exhibitions. Since dog
I can find, funny thing is that I end- DOG OWNER/EXHIBITOR? shows has been postponed
ed up overstocking the supplies indefinitely, we are just doing our best
which I think would last for a year. As a dog owner/exhibitor the new to keep them fit and ready and
normal had a great effect on me looking forward to dog show in the
since there are many restrictions in our future.
HOW DID YOU COPE WITH
THE ECQ?
quite difficult because our village was “we are just doing our
Training them in the time of ECQ is

on lockdown and is not allowing any
visitors to enter making it impossible best to keep them fit
for our trainer/ handler to visit and
train them. Since doing the usual nor- and ready and
mal activities had been made limited,
we just did the best we can at home
training our dogs personally, improvis- looking forward to dog
ing games and having my children in-
volved in taking care of them. In the show in the
course of it all, we slowly adapted to
the new normal by adjusting to some
activities. future.”
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