Small doggies rule
December 3, 2005 | 12:00am
It was an opportunity of a lifetime for one-year-old Gorby, my Toy Poodle. I am his human and yes, a stage human I am.
We were up bright and early last Sunday to participate in the "Great Dog Race" which was to be held at 4 p.m.
I admit it – I had been practicing with Gorby for the race.
"C’mon Gorby you can do this," I say to Gorby to encourage him for the race. Gorby is a really silent sort of guy, but a very loving one. He looks at me intently, and runs when I throw his little toys for him to chase.
Gorby loves chasing cats, and for the pet lovers out there, he does not harm the cats he chases. He just gives them, ummm, a little exercise. Anyway, most of the cats Gorby chases are bigger than him. This is how I discovered that Gorby is a fast runner.
The race was conceptualized by the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS). "We got the idea from a similar race held in the US for small dogs," said Anna Cabrera of PAWS. "There will be a 10-meter track and the humans can coax their dogs in any way they want just so that they will make it to the finish line."
PAWS has had several events this year, but this is the first time that it had a race like this. All the events of PAWS are fund raisers for the PAWS rehabilitation Center in Marikina, where they keep the dogs they have rescued, treated and offer for adoption to loving humans.
I got to Eastwood City (the only real pet-friendly establishment hereabouts) early.
"I am excited to be here," said Racquel Cagurangan, chief administration officer of Innove Communications. "We believe in the cause of PAWS and like the idea of the speed of small dogs. Just like the speed of Globe 1 connections. This is why we chose to sponsor this event."
Racquel was with her Basset Hound Taffy, who looked excited about the race, too.
A 10-meter track was set up on the center stage of Eastwood, much like the track that horses use when they race. By the time race time came, around 40 dogs had registered. The dogs were divided into three categories. Tinkerbell, Elf and Hobbit. "None of the dogs that joined could be more than 15-inches in height, from foot to head," said Anna. "I classified them according to their heights."
Dogs under the Tinkerbell category were the smallest in the group. Short-legged dogs like Dachshunds, Basset Hounds and Corgis were grouped in the Elf category, while the bigger dogs (still under 15 inches) of the group raced under the Hobbit category. Joining in the fun with other major sponsor STAR Pet Life, Pedigree, Cesar, Eastwood City and Heartgard were sponsoring Innove Communications. Innove featured one of its new products – Globe1, the only prepaid card that boasts of versatility and of being the fastest in connectivity service. Faster than the speed of dog, Globe1 was glad to be part of the fun race. Globe1 answers the need of customers to communicate and gives them the freedom to choose whatever device they want to use to be able to link to a broader social community. Innove created Globe1 to put all the connectivity needs of an individual in one prepaid card. At this PAWS event, even dogs go for fast connections.
Every human there was both excited and nervous about how their doggies would do in the race.
There we were, with our cute little doggies at the beginning of the track and we at the end. Each one of us doing all we could to get our doggies to run towards us.
Some doggie were coaxed with little toys, others like myself used our voices to shout to our babies so that they would run towards us.
Some dogs got off to a good start. Others, like Spike, the Chihuahua of Ronnie and Mariz Rickets, preferred to stay at the starting line. Others began to run and then chose to run back to the beginning line.
It was so much fun. Win or lose, the humans and their pets were all smiling.
"They are so cute," said Nita Lichauco, PAWS president. "I wish they would all win."
Gorby won in the first heat he ran. But because there were many dogs his size, he had to run a second time.
He finished third in the final run. Not bad considering it was his first time.
A bronze medal.
Great.
We were up bright and early last Sunday to participate in the "Great Dog Race" which was to be held at 4 p.m.
I admit it – I had been practicing with Gorby for the race.
"C’mon Gorby you can do this," I say to Gorby to encourage him for the race. Gorby is a really silent sort of guy, but a very loving one. He looks at me intently, and runs when I throw his little toys for him to chase.
Gorby loves chasing cats, and for the pet lovers out there, he does not harm the cats he chases. He just gives them, ummm, a little exercise. Anyway, most of the cats Gorby chases are bigger than him. This is how I discovered that Gorby is a fast runner.
The race was conceptualized by the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS). "We got the idea from a similar race held in the US for small dogs," said Anna Cabrera of PAWS. "There will be a 10-meter track and the humans can coax their dogs in any way they want just so that they will make it to the finish line."
PAWS has had several events this year, but this is the first time that it had a race like this. All the events of PAWS are fund raisers for the PAWS rehabilitation Center in Marikina, where they keep the dogs they have rescued, treated and offer for adoption to loving humans.
I got to Eastwood City (the only real pet-friendly establishment hereabouts) early.
"I am excited to be here," said Racquel Cagurangan, chief administration officer of Innove Communications. "We believe in the cause of PAWS and like the idea of the speed of small dogs. Just like the speed of Globe 1 connections. This is why we chose to sponsor this event."
Racquel was with her Basset Hound Taffy, who looked excited about the race, too.
A 10-meter track was set up on the center stage of Eastwood, much like the track that horses use when they race. By the time race time came, around 40 dogs had registered. The dogs were divided into three categories. Tinkerbell, Elf and Hobbit. "None of the dogs that joined could be more than 15-inches in height, from foot to head," said Anna. "I classified them according to their heights."
Dogs under the Tinkerbell category were the smallest in the group. Short-legged dogs like Dachshunds, Basset Hounds and Corgis were grouped in the Elf category, while the bigger dogs (still under 15 inches) of the group raced under the Hobbit category. Joining in the fun with other major sponsor STAR Pet Life, Pedigree, Cesar, Eastwood City and Heartgard were sponsoring Innove Communications. Innove featured one of its new products – Globe1, the only prepaid card that boasts of versatility and of being the fastest in connectivity service. Faster than the speed of dog, Globe1 was glad to be part of the fun race. Globe1 answers the need of customers to communicate and gives them the freedom to choose whatever device they want to use to be able to link to a broader social community. Innove created Globe1 to put all the connectivity needs of an individual in one prepaid card. At this PAWS event, even dogs go for fast connections.
Every human there was both excited and nervous about how their doggies would do in the race.
There we were, with our cute little doggies at the beginning of the track and we at the end. Each one of us doing all we could to get our doggies to run towards us.
Some doggie were coaxed with little toys, others like myself used our voices to shout to our babies so that they would run towards us.
Some dogs got off to a good start. Others, like Spike, the Chihuahua of Ronnie and Mariz Rickets, preferred to stay at the starting line. Others began to run and then chose to run back to the beginning line.
It was so much fun. Win or lose, the humans and their pets were all smiling.
"They are so cute," said Nita Lichauco, PAWS president. "I wish they would all win."
Gorby won in the first heat he ran. But because there were many dogs his size, he had to run a second time.
He finished third in the final run. Not bad considering it was his first time.
A bronze medal.
Great.
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