Posted by Butch Cappel
on August 15, 2009, 4:59 pm
Message modified by board administrator August 16, 2009, 7:23 am
Had a reason to think back to some of the fun stuff that has happened over the years and posted this on another board. I thought someone here might enjoy it as well.
I was doing my very first live training demo as a training rep for Iams dog food with my Great Dane. I had chosen to drive to the dog show with him and had a blow out on the way. Everything went wrong and I was late arriving and rushed to the auditorium with my dog, Mich, straight from the car.
There were over a 100 Trainers & pet store owners in the audience and I was scared to death to start my first speech and demo. Mich & I were introduced, we stepped to the microphone and I started to stutter my little speech with Mich standing beside me.
I had been told to open with a joke to ease the crowd up a little, so I made a nervous little attempt at what I really, REALLY, hoped would be a funny story. As I got to the punch line I heard a few little giggles, then a couple of chuckles, and finally the crowd just roared with laughter.
"Dang, I didn't think it was that funny" I remember thinking at the time.
Then I felt the first warm sensation about pocket high on my jeans. The warm feeling spread and spread as I looked down to see my dog relieving himself on my leg. It was a great public speaking lesson for me. As the crowd kept laughing I made a mental note. "Before telling a joke to warm up the crowd always break your dog."
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