How to say "woof" in Hebrew

Nicole Nathan Bem

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(Continuation of Doggie Do’s)

The Purina Pro-Plan Doggie Run was held in Tel Aviv’s Sporteque on
Friday. Similar events have been held in Montreal, New York and Sydney. This was its first
appearance in Israel and given the excited tail-wagging, it was a
success. There is also a ProPlan IDC (Incredible Dog Challenge) in St.
Petersburg Florida, complete with fetch-it races, hurdle races and
freestyle flying disc races, but  please do not mention this to my son.


We arrived at the event very late (if you are wondering why, read the previous blog entry),  parked the car and bolted out, jolted by an over-excited
Labrador with a hyperactive olfactory snout. We handed in our prized doggie
medical forms, wrapped TJ in a special bib and attached his runner’s number. My
son wore a black Purina T-shirt with TJ’s number.

Arriving at the starting line panting, we were curtly told that
the 5-kilometer race had begun ten minutes ago. But that did not detract my
athletic, medal-seeking son and hyperactive, tail-wagging dog. They took off
like the wind, leaving us in the dust and with a moment to take in the scene
around us. 

We saw a fat runner with a tiny chihuahua and a skinny
runner with a sleek afghan. We saw a three-legged dog that ran like a cheetah,
a two-legged dog toting a doggie-style wheel chair, and a man in a wheelchair
bicycle toting a large dog.

There were tough looking police dogs with muzzles, an
elegant, well-groomed standing poodle and matching shi tzus. Everyone was out
and having fun.

“Who let the dogs out? Woof, woof,” blasted from speakers
across the park as the runners trotted across the finish line. Some dog owners flew in,
sprinting with their dogs, while some dogs were walking their owners.


Athletes and pooches posed on a raised stage for the cameras,
accepted a Purina medallion, then lay on the grass under a warm October sun.


There was also a special race for visually-impaired runners and their guide dogs. Experts were on site to answer questions and in case pooch’s fur became wind-blown in the race, there was a dog-grooming area.

And whenever there is an event, there’s shopping. Want to
give your dog a stylish doggie do? Or treat him with a special snack for his
heroic work out? How about a painted portrait? Is your dog a mountaineer who
needs his own backpack? How about a clever water-chilled doggie shirt? Or doggie
boots complete with rubber treads?

TJ wanted nothing other than the opportunity to sniff other
dogs. As for me, I just wanted to go home to cook for Shabbat.

This short movie captures it all. “Woof , woof.” Or, as dogs
here in Israel say, “ow, ow.”

http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/9Vf-dLWkwe4&source=uds

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Published by Nicole Nathan Bem

I am a writer and editor. When I moved to Israel with my family in 2005, I decided to create this blog, wanting to capture the intensity of living in this land. Days are never static; they are vibrant and there is a depth of emotion here that I feel nowhere else. These pages are my honest reflection and observations of life in Israel as an Anglo immigrant.

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