What do you do with a failed guide dog? Get her into the lucrative business of sniffing our truffles of course!
Well that’s the 2nd chance at success given to Zita, a very friendly golden labrador, who’s going through her first few weeks on the job. She is gorgeous and perhaps a little too friendly for a working dog, so we can see why she’s failed to cut it with the guide dogs as she licks and plays with the crowd gathered for today’s truffle hunt. But once her working collar is on the mood changes: she’s here for a reason, she’s a dog with a purpose and she’s focused. Well … with only a few slight distractions putting her off the job at hand, after all, this is her first season so we can cut her some slack. We’ve been instructed not to touch her once the collar is on and to turn around and ignore her if she approaches us, so we all do our bit since we’re here for the truffles too. Read the rest of this entry
