Bibliograph

Dogged pursuit, my year of competing Dusty, the world's least likely agility dog, Robert Rodi

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Dogged pursuit, my year of competing Dusty, the world's least likely agility dog, Robert Rodi

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dogged pursuit

Oclc number

268795381

Responsibility statement

Robert Rodi

Sub title

my year of competing Dusty, the world's least likely agility dog

Summary

In dog years, Robert Rodi is 350. Age, however, couldn't possibly have prepared him for his experience with canine agility-the athletic cousin to best-of-breed shows. Rodi, an epicure and urban intellectual, picks up agility with aspirations for blue ribbons. His dreams of glory quickly fade when faced with the competition: hearty Midwestern handlers and their ferociously fit pups, who annihilate scrawny, scruffy, Dusty, Rodi's rescue dog and would-be champ, in the ring. The duo is utterly lost in the agility circles, but as in the best human/pet stories, they forge an everlasting bond to carry them through

Table Of Contents

To Dusty I shall return -- What the dickens -- Class struggle -- Dee-lightful -- The obstacles of my affections -- A measure of difficulty -- The agony and the agony -- Trial and terror -- Doubt and distraction -- From the jaws of defeat -- Tales from the cryptic -- Friends and neighbors -- A glimmer of glory -- A day at the orifice -- Magic time -- Alley oops -- Hounds for the holidays -- A rum business -- One for the team -- Polarized -- Bloodied and bowed -- The leash tugs both ways -- Ifs, Andi, buts -- Psyched -- On, Blitzen! -- Rescue me -- Punc'd -- Not so fast -- A break in the battle -- Hop alone -- At the crossroads -- Epilogue: never give up

Target audience

adult

Classification