So shuttleworth turned out to be pretty rubbish, I don't know what it is about that venue but Rommy always gets injured there which is a shame because its nice and close. Oh well, he's still got JDA there in May so maybe we can get through that one health. So anyways lets get back to what this is actually about, cloth tunnels. As you might know or guessed that that this time it was a cloth tunnel that messed mr Rommys back up again this time. My god he's so breakable! It was in one of his jumping runs, he broke his wait (naughty boy) and went down the line of jumps like a bat out of hell into the cloth tunnel. I'm pretty sure the thing wasn't pegged right and it was winding so the cloth was kind of folded over. So Rommy flew in there so bloody fast got himself all caught up in it and ended up twisting himself completely around, poor boy has no luck. He seemed to look alright after but if nothing else I know what hes like and I knew he had to have something messed up. So thanks to his physio Rommy we got to see her on Monday and back on his stretches and no agility for a week :(.
So I'm odviously I'm really angry about cloth tunnels at the moment, and I'm really really wanting the things to be banned. There has been alot of story's and videos around of dogs getting hurt in tunnels and even a dog having to be pts from an accident in one. it really worries me what actually needs to happen before the kc see how potentially dangerous they are. Not even the entries to them just how dangerous they are on there own coming into them at speed. I mean I know to us this is a sport and there's always a risk in doing it because i know freak accidents do always happen, but I think a specific peice of equipment that is just hurting dogs so much is just ridiculous, and something definitely needs to be done. To me there's a risk in everything we do in life but doesn't mean I'd go jump off a cliff, yes I MIGHT be ok but the chances are I won't be.
Sorry rant over now
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