Malo updejta. Zda sva v hotelu, joj, kar luksusno je. Organizaterji so nam zrihtali VELIK popust, in je precej blizje parka, kjer bo tekma, kot tam ker sva prej stanovali (pri organizaterki in bivsji svetovni prvakinji Melissi), zato sva se preselili. Najina soba ima hladilnik, mikrovalovno pecico, in pogled na morje. OK, ni morje, je bazen. In je zal zaprt, ceprav za moj pojm je dovolj toplo za kopanje. Balkona nimava, ampak ne moree imeti vsega.
Skratka, res lepo skrbijo za nas.
The Japanese are also staying here, I think we'll do some throwing practice together in a bit. It's a bit windier here, but we who come from the land of the burja should have no trouble, right? I played with Lyra soon after getting settled, a bit of freestyle, rest, then a round of minidistance. She gets tired VERY quickly, and she's not used to the warmer temperatures. The Japanese dogs worked well this morning, we all came in on the same day but their dogs adjusted more quickly, even though they had a longer journey, since they're used to traveling. Apparently the Japanese travel a lot to competitions around the country/world. Their dogs are also ultra fit. Lyra is fit, but not what I would call ultra fit. There's supposedly a Dutch guy coming in today,with an aussie, I can't imagine arriving so close to the beginning of the competition, Lyra's still only working at about 40% usual capacity (hope it will be up to at least 70% tomorrow, and 100% or more by Saturday).
Japan is apparently not a very dog-friendly country. I talk most with a Japanese woman named Mio, since her English is quite good. She says it's very hard to keep dogs in Japan--there are lots of places they're not allowed to go, and where they are they have be leashed. Private gardens are tiny, public parks are off limits to dogs.Their dogs hardly ever get an opportunity to run free. The dog-crazy people like the ones who came here to do dog frisbee are definitely a minority in Japan. I feel quite lucky to live in Slovenia with dogs. When I think of our long walks in the Karst and hikes in the mountains, hours and hours and miles and miles of off leash running and playing...I can't imagine living in a place where you didn't have that freedom.
OK, stop wasting your time on the internet and go take your dogs for a nice long walk! Off leash! All of you!
As for me, I'm going to go check on Lyra (relaxing in our nice hotel room) and see if the Japanese are outside throwing.
till next time,
Jean