A song about Tracking competition, especially the nervousness preceeding a T.D.X. (Tracking Dog Excellent) test. There is no exhileration as high as passing a TDX: but, since most failures are due to the handler rather than the dog, there are few dispairs as deep as those of failure.
 
        

OH, WHAT A FINE TRACKING MORNING !

(to tune of "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" )


by Pam Green , © 1990


 

There's a blanket of fog on the meadow,
There's a blanket of fog on the meadow;
The grass is as high as my Bouvier's thigh;
And a heavy grey overcast covers the sky.

Oh, what a fine tracking morning !
Oh, what a great tracking day !
These are the perfect conditions
To T.D.X. my Bouvier !


All the cattle are standing like statues,
All the cattle are standing like statues;
I'm sure that they're all far away from our track,
And will wait 'till we've run it before they come back !

Oh, what a fine tracking morning !
Oh, what a great tracking day !
These are the perfect conditions
To T.D.X. my Bouvier !


It's been raining for nearly a fortnight,
It's been raining for nearly a fortnight;
The wind's non-existant,the temperature's low;
And my Bouvier tells me "All systems are go ! "


Oh, what a fine tracking morning !
Oh, what a great tracking day !
These are the perfect conditions
To T.D.X. my Bouvier !


All the dewdrops are sparkling like diamonds,
All the dewdrops are sparkling like diamonds,
Except for the sweep of the tracklayer's stride;
So if we don't pass , I'll commit suicide !

Oh, what a fine tracking morning!
Oh, what a great tracking day !
These are the perfect conditions
To T.D.X. my Bouvier !
Yes, I'm sure of passing today !

 
in honor of
Chelsea de Caelichyth, TDX (and other titles)
Xterminator van de Vuilvoet, TDX (and other titles)

 

 
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