Herr Mike in Deutschland

Cannot believe it is Friday again! Been so busy this week with the Congress Event in Beijing that the days have flown by. Looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Have cut out drinking to save my appendix so it should be pretty quiet. Outside of work I haven't been up to much this week, the weather has been really nice but it's obviously depressing when you can't enjoy it as you're chained to a PC. I have developed a new phobia that my eyes will melt from staring at a monitor all day. If I have a whole working life in an office, which I probably will (alas I must accept that my knee injury has put pay to my illustrious football career haha) then that is a lot of time. I found some 'eye exercises' on the BBC website which I might try to save my vision! I now see the appeal of a job working outdoors, it's not nice having your life dictated by your Outlook calendar.

I am well aware that this post is lacking my usual effervescence and so I have included another insight into German culture. Dog School! Well, that's what I presume it is.
I witnessed this mass dog walking group in Erlangen centre a couple of weeks ago (see pic - I apologise it is not better but these dogs were walking pretty quickly).
Even now words fail me, I assume that the dogs were being taught to be obedient though there was no obvious 'teacher'. Perhaps it was a dog walking service? But then why so many employees? It makes no financial sense! Dog walking community service? Some kind of race? Answers on postcard (or a comment)...