Down by two

medications that is. Kula is doing sooooooo well. She had her front bandages changed on Monday and the tech said she must be a very good girl. Her back leg didn't need to be changed because the bandage had not broken down at all. Of course that is because I am maniacal that she not do anything she isn't supposed to! We are doing EVERYTHING exactly how the vet says to. I am going to have her next agility leg before next spring! (God willing of course.)I am very excited. I think tomorrow at her appointment she may get all of her stitches out! Since she is only on one pain medication and the one anti-biotic, she is much more alert and "with" us.
We are very blessed and boy, do I know it!!!

Beautiful???? But sickening!

Evidently, there are hidden dangers in the spring. One of our doggie buddies has been at the vet since yesterday. He got sick on Friday, we all thought it was from running around with the big dogs who were visiting him. He was vomiting a clear liquid...sounds like water, right? Anyway to make a long story short, throughout the weekend, he had a variety of symptoms, vomiting, dia-rears, general lethary....you get the picture. Nothing overting terrifying. Dena knew better! She took him in to the vet yesterday and the vet found him to be sicker than it appeared to those of us over the phone or online.

What it appears has happened is that in the area of the yard that isn't available to the dogs, except when they have company, there are wildflowers growing! Sounds wonderful, BUT Lupine, Bleeding Heart, Tansy, and a ton of other flowers are toxic to dogs and livestock as well. Hunter's dad had figured out that he must be munching the new grass and getting some of the starts of these wildflowers as well.....

Thank goodness they figured it out before they had baby puppies or an old dog who isn't healthy down there. I guess it goes without saying, those wildflowers won't make it through the coming weekend!

Jimmy's first point!

While Val went to the CCTC fun match - I headed to the Moses-Lake shows. I have never been and was not as bad as everyone else had said the town was. The weather was incredible with only a slight breeze at times and a great dinner at Michael's on the Lake. We even got to Fish Hatchery #3.
Ilene came out from New York with Casey and Cindi and Sharon also went. Cindi and Sharon took Jimmy and Marty and headed out for a leisurely trip. They will be taking the two to Great Western and I will fly in June so this was a great rehearsal! Ilene and I headed out with Daisy and Maisy (Pat's bitches) and Chase. As it turned out I had the whole entry.
It was a great trip - everyone came away with a point. Maisy and Chase won on Saturday and Daisy and Jimmy won on Sunday. Sharon took Jimmy back in for winners and E Weiss just loved the 'puppy.' He then went BOW! He was a trouper and loved the group ring. He now thinks the men in the Group ring are put there for him. A few of the handlers would pet him and give him bait as they waited in line. Jimmy is definitely following in his mom and dad's footsteps.

Casey got the breed both days and a GROUP 2 on Sunday! It was a great weekend at a great venue with great weather.

Zoe's mom won the quilt!

Our friend Zoe's mom, Cindi won this quilt being raffled by Cascade Cairn Terrier Club.
They had a Fun match and Rally and Obedience Fun match today at Argus Ranch in Auburn. It was a lot of fun and about 30 people came out. It was a beautiful sunny day, easy to choose to stay home and work in the yard! Glad we had such a nice turn out.
Kona scored a 178 in obedience and Hattie scored a 92 in Rally. We had a lot of fun!

The perfect patient!

Of course she is!! She is Kula!!
I am so happy she is home. She has 4 different medications. Two anti-biotics and two pain/anti-inflammatory. Geez!

Kula is on the mend.

I just talked to the vets office again and Kula is doing fine. The ligament was completely severed. The miniscus was not damaged, so the best scenario for the situation! So, today is the first day of her rehab...she still doesn't care. Pretty heavy pain medication I guess. Hopefully she will stay fever free and be able to come home tomorrow. Kona is totally grumpy...I know...my fault. Hattie is sort of not really certain why Kona is so cranky and wondering where Kula is and on occasion doing something then looking for Kula to come down on her. So, it will be nice to have her home where she can get the best care in the world. It is sort of like when a human goes into the hospital...you know at some point, you can do a better job than the staff. Once there is no danger to the patient, then it is best they are at home!

Big dog running agility

Certainly a whole different style of agility to run a big dog (20 inch jumps)rather than a Cairn (8 inch jumps). For one thing, you have got to be able to do distance work with a big dog, or you are going to KILL yourself trying to keep up. It was really fun! Enslow (Bearded Collie) and I have herded together for 3 years now. We have had a couple of agility trials together, but I have not trained with him much at all. Today we had a class, it was a total blast.

We have been having a discussion on one of the groups I belong to about agility. Flying contacts, versus 2 on 2 off. Today, I had to experience the latter. I must admit it is kind of nice to be able to catch your breath, for just a second, get your bearing on the course, etc.

I will say that when I first learned that we were going down to Olympia and mom wanted me to handle him in class today, I was kind of upset.(Jennifer set it all up when she talked to mom about going to visit her.) To begin with, I felt like a traitor to Kula. I have a habit of thinking she will hold things against me, which of course she won't. It was fun and left me wanting more...of course. I wonder if Kula will know that Kona and I have started classes. Do you think she will hold it against me?