On Wednesday April 22 Žak and I were invited through the Šnoflja society for the protection of animals to make a visit to Tone Okrogar Elementary School in Zagorje. Pupils there had a different kind of lesson organized in honor of Earth Day: they cleaned up the area around the school and inside it, they painted a little house for collecting contributions to help homeless animals, and a part of the day was devoted to learning about Šnoflja's work. Two representatives from the society talked about its activities and explained what to do if you find or lose a pet, how to approach a strange dog, and so on. Žak and Tina's Chica (Žak's half-sister) added some variety to the program. First Žak and I put on a frisbee show:
We did some passing, vaults, overs, blind catches and some other moves. The children were most impressed with flips and the dog catch. I tried to present frisbee as an interesting and varied dog sport, and the kids seemed to really like it.
After that Chica and Žak showed off some of their tricks, Chica demonstrated searching and Žak did some obedience. The children were really amazed at how much these two dogs knew. We did the presentation three times, since all nine grades watched it, divided into three groups. The last group was the largest, since some of the kids came to see it again. After a successful morning's work, our dogs were pleasantly tired from being patted by so many hands. The teachers were really pleased with our presentation and invited us to do it again at an affiliated school.
The teachers will send us some of the photos they took after the holidays, we'll post some more here when we get them.
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