Stuff

thanks Tammy for the great photo!

Go Dog Go put on Agility and Scenthurdle Demo's on Canada Day and it was a pretty fun day. Long, but fun. I ran Vito in the Agility until my foot was too sore, and he had a great time! Speedy and very cute. I also ran Brit once and she was confused so I didn't do it again. lol. Her A-Frame was good but she was like "what tunnel?"....Brit redeemed herself with the scenthurdle though and did great! Running down to a full box like a big kid!  The most fun was that Wicca got to do Barrel Racing!!! We figured that she could handle that- running around a barrel shouldn't be too hard on her. She had a lot of fun, and of course went as fast as she could- beating even Mr.CrazyKelpie Pike.

I was thrilled when on Monday she didn't seem stiff or sore at all. And then very sad when on Tuesday morning she was noticeably uncomfortable. Stretching, and rubbing on doorways. I gave her a half dose of metacam because I didn't want her sore in her crate all day... Sarah gave her a massage after class that night and found her shoulders and ribs were sore. It's crappy and makes me sad.  Wicca feels better today after the massage though- so that's a good thing. I'll keep an eye on her and maybe get her another massage this weekend sometime.

In other news I lost Pixel this morning and thought I was going to have a stress induced heart attack. We had some serious wind last night, and I didn't notice the back gate was busted. I put the dogs out after breakfast, and went to call them in and no pixel. Thank GOD Boone stayed in the yard. I can't even imagine going through that again. But I was pretty worried about Pixel. She is so cute- what if someone found her and kept her? That's all I could think of. I mean she is adorable. And would go to anyone with food...or the promise of food. Thankfully I found her after only 20 minutes of frantically driving down alleys yelling for her. She was a few blocks away eating someones garbage. It is the worst feeling- helplessness. Needless to say the gate has been fixed and has a new latch which will have a clip on it just to be safe....

This weekend is our Kennel Club's CKC Agility trial so there has been much prep for that. I'm not running a dog and weirdly enough I am not even that sad about it. Maybe as I course build all day I'll wish I was running- I'm actually kind of hoping that will be the case! lol.  My Lethbridge friends and family should be sure to pop on by and bring me a coffee, or candy. I'll be there all day Saturday and Sunday...

It seems like I've been running around like crazy all week. The trial combined with the kid camp thing that Sarah and I are doing, I am exhausted and  stretched a little too thin. Next week will be more relaxing. Stampede Stock Dogs Monday, and then Obedience Trial and Sheepherding on the weekend....Okay, so maybe relaxing isn't the word to use. lol