October 2008

Well the main agility season is over - what will be do with all the spare time we have ..... training!

Dre had his dew claws removed at the beginning of the month, he looks so funny with half his legs shaved but in the long term it will stop him ripping the nails off which he has done about 5 times this year already. This led to some complications and a nail biting few weeks, First the wound looked as if it was starting to get infected, so antibiotics were prescribed, then the wound came open, so he had to go in for an emergency operation to stitch him back up, then he came out in ulcers mainly over his tummy and in his mouth, this led to lots of concern and yet another operation for biopsies and blood tests, though we had to wait a couple of weeks for the results, initial thoughts were that he had had a drug reaction to one or more of his medication. The results came back to be collie lupus a rare and aggressive immuno-suppressive disease trigger by a drug reaction, though it would have come out quite soon anyway. So this means Dre is currently on high dose steroids and some Stomach tablets (as the steroids can rip though the stomach). He is experiencing some side effect including increase thirst which results in frequent weeing. He has also sores appearing all over his body but on a good note he is happy and contented in himself most of the time. It is just a waiting game now to see if the medication will work as there is no guarantees it will.

A sad but happy moment happened also at the beginning of the month, we brought a new caravan and said goodbye to our old one. Our new one is bigger and has a bathroom and it was time we upgraded, our old one did last over two years, and we found a very good home for it.





I have been sorting through some photos from the shows this year and seemed to have missed putting some on here for you all to see, so this month there is the following pictures from Spring at Shuttlworth we attended in April - take note of all the sunshine! Next month I will post pictures from Dog Vegas and the 6 inches of snow we woke up to.




And here are some of Snoop at the KC festival in August

September 2008

At the start of September we went to Cornwall on holiday and also attend a dog show. The boys loved seeing Grandma and Grandad as well as swimming in the sea and then doing their favorite sport agility. We even had very good weather considering most of the other shows at the same time in other parts of the country were cancelled. Below you can see pictures of the boys enjoying the beach and sea

Daymer beach

Snoop on the beach

Snoop and Dre on the beach

Dre on the Beach

It was really hard to get the boys to stand still. Below is some picture and results from the agility show we have attended this month.

Snoop at Cornwall Agility Show

Snoop's Rosettes

Snoop Achieved Two 3rds, Two 5ths, a 7th, Two 8ths and Six Clear Rounds at Cornwall, Bromsgrove and Lincoln Agility Shows. Snoop always looks so handsome in photos. Snoop has really been coming along the past couple of weeks, his speed around the courses has again increased to the point at Bromsgrove, Snoop didn't have chance to slow down for the weaves resulting in a few missed entries, but proved at Lincoln will a result in every class that he can indeed run fast and get the weave entry.

Dre at Cornwall Agility Show

Dre Practicing his weaves at Cornwall Show

Dre's Rosettes

Dre Achieved a 5th, a 10th and Five Clear Rounds at Cornwall, Bromsgrove and Lincoln Agility Shows. In Snakes and Tunnels, Dre managed to beat Snoop's time by 0.2 seconds achieving a 5th place compared to Snoop's 7th. I Still can't believe Dre beat Snoop and the potential he has. I love seeing Dre in photos doing agility, you can see how close he is to the wings and poles and as always having so much fun