Something in the air....

Last night was a very bizarre night, and it still has me scratching my head. The Sonoran Desert where we are experiences a "monsoon season" starting around mid-July for several weeks...these monsoons are pretty much a storm with crazy rainfall, lightning, thunder, etc for a few minutes. Last night there was what looked like an early monsoon rolling through Tucson...you can see them for miles, just sheets of dark clouds and rain, and try to brace yourself. The agility class that Winston is enrolled in at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona takes place every Wednesday night. We all got to the agility field ready to go last night, and were just going to chance it that the storm would blow by west of us, which it mostly did. Still, we could see tons of lightning on the other side of town, and feel a lot of wind blowing. I don't know what this kind of atmosphere does to the dogs, but it was very noticeable. Winston isn't perfect, I can admit that, but last night he was baaaaad. He couldn't focus on us...we would try to start a run on a few pieces of equipment laid out on a small course and he would just take off and do laps around the entire field of equipment, people, and dogs. Once we had him more under control, I took a breath and looked around. All of the dogs were going nuts. None of the dogs, including Winston, were scared or mean....just nutty, like they all sat down for some coffee right before class. So, I don't know what was in the air from the storm, but the instructor said that this happens every time there is a monsoon nearby. Very bizarre. Then I looked around and saw John doing laps and going nutty too (well, not really, but that would be funny).