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You know you're an agility person when....
YKYAAP when: You dress like a lawyer on weekdays and someone who needs a lawyer on your days off.
YKYAAP when: You plan your pregnancy around the show season so you won't miss trials during the eighth and ninth months.
YKYAAP when: You buy clickers by the case, and carry them in your pocketbook, your briefcase, and the console of your car.
YKYAAP you'll drive an hour in a snowstorm to get to class, but God forbid you have to drive 1/2 hour to a friend's house for dinner.
YKYAAP when your six year old brother tells everyone that he's going to be the "ring steward" at your aunt's wedding.
YKYAAP when your friends no longer ask to get together with you on a weekend afternoon because they know you'll say -- "I can't, I have to train."
YKYAAP when you consider a golf course as a waste of a good show site.
YKYAAP when your boyfriend complains that you love your dog more then you love him and you answer: "And your point is?"
YKYAAP when your husband does something nice for you and you say "good boy" and pat him on the head.
YKYAAP when you're trying to get by a co-worker in a restricted space and instead of saying "excuse me" to him/her, you tell them to "keep out" instead.
YKYAAP when one wants to ride in your car because they'll get dog hair all over their clothes...that's ok because then you'd have to rearrange all the crates to make room for them, anyway!
YKYAAP when you pass up attractive social invitations because they'd conflict with your training schedule.
YKYAAP when you don't even want to think about how your car would be paid for, your mortgage would be much smaller, and you might have some savings if you didn't do agility.
YKYAAP when you trade your yuppie mobile for a van, so you can better accomodate your dogs.
YKYAAP when you give directions to your house and say, "It has a tunnel and a bunch of poles in the front yard."
YKYAAP when you pull change from your pocket at work, and treats fall all over.
YKYAAP when someone says, "Does anyone have a screwdriver?" and you hand them a powerdriver.
YKYAAP when the real estate agent asks what kind of house you want and you say "One with an acre of flat land".
YKYAAP when for once you have extra money to buy yourself something, and you get the check out counter and decide that you don't really need that shirt anyway. That $25 could be an entry fee!
YKYAAP when you have the class and show schedules in your head, but frequently miss the kid's piano lessons, girl scouts, or changing the oil in the car.
YKYAAP when your tax refund is targetted to buy an Aframe, not the family vacation.
YKYAAP when your greatest wish for Christmas is a set of weave-a-matics.
YKYAAP when your mood today depends on how yesterday's training session went.
YKYAAP when you leave work feeling stiff, tense, with a stomach- or headache, and all those feelings disappear the minute you get to agility class.
YKYAAP when you hate posing for pictures unless you're with your dog.
YKYAAP when the only way you would spend a lot of money on a trip to Europe was to go to Crufts.
YKYAAP when your idea of a social outing is the Saturday night agility trial dinner.
YKYAAP when you spend more time riding in your car going to agility classes and events than you spend at home.
YKYAAP when the concept of sleeping in on the weekends has long since faded from your memory.
YKYAAP when you known more about canine nutition than human nutrition and it shows.
YKYAAP when you've forgotten what a vacation is, because you spend all your paid time off (re)painting equipment, visiting the vet, going to shows, etc.
YKYAAP when you don't try to figure out your to-date-expenses for the dogs, cuz you don't want to know, and it doesn't matter.
YKYAAP when suppertime is generally at 8PM, and everyone has been home since before 5.
YKYAAP when a bicycle is used mostly to exercise the dog.
YKYAAP when the only thing your friends, colleagues, passing acquaintances can think of when they see you is "How are the dogs?" or "How many dogs do you have now?" or "How did you do at the last show?"
YKYAAP when you get your income tax refund and the first thing you do is head for the hardware store.
YKYAAP when you go on a diet, not to be more attractive, but to be a better handler.
YKYAAP when you don't think that weather is just casual conversation.
YKYAAP when your house is "decorated" with rossettes and ribbons.
YKYAAP when the maroon ribbons have a more prominent spot than the blue ones.
YKYAAP when you drive by ANY field ANYWHERE and judge its qualities as a training site. This includes trips to foreign countries.
YKYAAP when you can't make it to work because of bad weather, but somehow still fit in some training.
YKYAAP when you feel tired all day at work and then go home and train 3 dogs.
YKYAAP when you can pinpoint anything you might need in 2 seconds in the hardware store, but seem to have misplaced this month's electric bill.
YKYAAP when the first bills you pay each month are all trial fees.
YKYAAP when you count how many strides you take in between the cracks in the sidewalk, the shadows of trees, etc.
YKYAAP when you don't have to be asked by your non-doggie family what you want for Christmas anymore, cuz they now get their own agility catalogs.
YKYAAP when your first priority when moving or traveling is to locate the nearest training facility.
YKYAAP when you gladly move Aframes and dogwalks around, but make the kids carry in the groceries.
YKYAAP when you buy so much rain and outdoor clothing you wind up on mailing lists for hunting, fishing and survivalist catalogs.
YKYAAP when the bulk of your grocery order is hotdogs.
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