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THE JUMPING DOG

14 The Jumping Dog

 

WHAT IT IS

 

When the International Olympic Committee announced the first ever canine Olympics was to take place in Salk Lake City, Utah, this Shetland sheepdog from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania began training immediately.

Canines are allowed to enter three separate events. Hopes are high throughout the United States that this dog will take home gold in the high jump, silver the hundred meters and perhaps even a bronze in treat eating.

Sapphire took this photo on a cold, snowy day near where the Amtrak came to an unscheduled halt and where several canines were training.

 

WHAT IT IS NOT

 

There is a small mammal research farm several kilometers from our Wanapitei home, on HWY 537. Sapphire was asked by the owners of the farm if she could drop by and take a few photos to be used in an upcoming promotional pamphlet the farm was planning to create.

The story of this jumping Shetland sheepdog turned out to quite interesting. The dog was herding up a group of chipmunks which were to be shipped to Oslo, Norway to a large banking institution. What exactly a bank was to do with chipmunks was not made clear to Sapphire.

THE MUNK

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WHAT IT IS

This munk was trained in Oslo Norway by the Handelsbanken to help their customers at the ATM machines. It seems many of the banks clients were dropping their money as they counted the currency. Handelsbanken responded by training this munk to retrieve the notes and give the money back to the customers. However, the program has been temporarily hauled because some startled customers have slapped the munk across the vestibule, causing some injury. Sapphire spent several hours going from ATM to ATM before finally getting this photo.

WHAT IT IS NOT

Annual chipmunk races are a popular pursuit in North western Ontario, Canada. Just before the end of September, chipmunks are gathered together near Ignace Ontario for the event. My brother Cricket took a photo of this last place finisher in September 2012.