I am struck — once again — about how life goes on with that strange mixture of sorrows and hope. I am sorry to share that Kay and Sue said good-bye to their Rock Star Ruben yesterday — how glad I am that I was able to spend time with him in November…
Ruben was almost 10.5 years — a long and well-loved life but it is simply never long enough. He was a talented, sweet, and wonderful dog — the son of Cadi and Jed. I know I speak for so many when we send our heartfelt condolences to Kay and Sue.
Do you know what this means?
Progesterone testing has commenced!
Yes, it is time to welcome you all to Sparkle’s Excellent Adventure.
Because April 4 was not complicated enough, with that whole “Oops, you are actually not heading into heart failure after all” fiasco (aka be careful with cut and paste in electronic medical records), Sparkle chose that morning to come into season.
And because apparently the day had space for MORE, I got an email that very morning from the owner of the long-planned stud dog saying that he was not currently available — for good reasons and nothing to do with Sparkle. But still…
Good thing the cake wasn’t yet ordered.
Poor Sparkle.
Much disappointment and sadness all around ensued. But there was no time to waste — we needed a solid Plan B.
Hmmmm…
To be continued…
After tracking yesterday, we had a fun dog walk/swim party. This is Sundance, Suzanne’s boy, enjoying some of the remaining snow..
Sundance easily passed his certification track and we are waiting to hear if he gets a track at the Specialty. Everything crossed.
That melting snow is making for some grand new ponds — hence the swim party! This is Shelby and Sundance, who belong to Suzanne, and Claire with Harper B for Back in the Corner.
We walked down to the Bitterroot River…
This is Harper.
Water is like a magnet to Claire.
Racing back to the car after all that fun adventuring. The Life of Show Dogs when the first priority is actually the dogs and their happiness.
Find Happy Today — it is out there.