William's Perfect Storm

 

PERFECT STORM ~ When three events, usually beyond one's control, converge and create a large inconvenience for an individual. 

One of the many Blessings Of The Animals in Cincinnati that took place on the 4th and 5th of October took place here.

 Lee has to tell you what I, Sweet William The Scot, did at one of The Blessings! 

 I think all things conspired for William's perfect storm, so to say.

I had put William on a sit and stay command because another person and I play guitar for some of these services.  The service was at the point where the animals come forward for their individual

blessings.

William was watching everything intently. William sees each dog gets a treat that goes forward.  Father calls for who wants to be first, then second then third.  Someone said let the bunny go next!  No one stepped forward.  Father said "three strikes and you're out".  William hears this expression from me and he knows if on three he does not come well the door might shut and leave him out or I will lock him in the house and leave in the car. 

William broke command and I am seeing him dart through the small group to in front of the Father.

Father asked his name and one of the nuns spoke his name.  Then Father reached down and said a blessing with Williams head in his hands.  Then instead of a small Sign of the Cross on his head Father straightened up and gives a big Sign of the Cross.

 

 

 

William knows hand commands.  When Father raised his hand William goes up on his hind legs.  Father comes down with his hand, William lays down.  Now Father is going across with his hand, William is confused. I use a small circle and William does a circle.  William thinks O.K. it must be a circle.  William does two circles.  Now the group is laughing.  William has never liked laughing.  Williams tail goes down.  Then the horrible happens.  Father squirts Holy Water right in Williams face.  When William was a puppy a spray of water in the face was distraction punishment for wrong.

 

 

Williams head and tail are now down, he thinks I have lost the treat and he does not know what to do.

The lady handing out the treats reaches in the basket.  William thinks oh boy I am getting a treat, he reaches to get his treat and she drops it on the ground.  Now at home he can pick up what is on the floor.  Out I have trained him to Leave It, so as not to grab from children or pick up something bad.

William wants it so bad, and nobody is giving him the O.K. Finally William gently picks it up and carries it to the place where he was on sit and stay.  He did not eat it right away and when he finally did he ate it very slow. 

 William tried so hard to do the right thing and things kept going wrong for him.  I felt so sorry for him, for in his mind he failed.

I could not scold him for breaking the Sit and Stay Command.
This was Williams Perfect Storm.

 

Thanks for being a friend

Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

Signing Off 

Sweet William The Scot