Today Whitevanwoman was all excited after the postman had been as she got a big envelope containing some copies of a magazine called “Wellbeing”. I couldn’t see what all the fuss was about at first, until she showed me the front cover, and it said “Rigg the dog – a woman’s best friend”. And then it dawned on me, it was about me! (I’m glad to see that Kath the reporter called me Rigg the dog, and not Rigg the pig, as otherwise people might have got confused!).
Here’s a picture of the front cover – ignore Sally Gunnell (I bet I can run faster than her anyway) and read what is written on the left hand side (you can download this as a PDF by clicking here)
wellbeing front cover
Whitevanwoman read the article out to me, and I was really pleased as it explained really well about why I wasn’t able to become a Mountain Rescue Search Dog, and how I am applying to become a Pets As Therapy dog, and there were some really nice photos of Whitevanwoman and me. I think Whitevanwoman was really pleased because until now, she had only got one photo of me and her together, which is the one with me in my trainee Search Dog jacket with “L” plates on, which was taken when I had just turned 2 years old, and was starting Search Dog training. That was over 4 years ago now.
Here are some of the photos taken by Rachel the photographer for the article
The article says that I am “not your average dog” which I was especially pleased about – it is nice to have one’s achievements recognised, and no-one likes to be an underdog. Here is a picture of the article, and if you want to read it, you can download it as a PDF by clicking here.
wellbeing article
Whitevanwoman says that I must write a nice thank you letter to my new mates Kath who wrote the article and Rachel for taking such lovely photos but that I should wait until after I have done my PAT dog assessment so that I can ask them to let people know in a future magazine whether I am successful in becoming a PAT dog. The magazine goes out to about 7000 people so I am sure that lots of people will want to know how I get on.
Wow! 7000 people. That really is an awful lot of people. I wonder whether I will get stopped in the street and asked for my autograph. I will have to ask Whitevanwoman to carry a pot of black paint in her handbag so that I can put my pawprint in people’s autograph books. I wonder if I should get myself an agent who could negotiate a deal for autographs in return for tennisballs. This celebrity business could prove to be a useful venture…
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