Huh.

I took Claire on a walk — a short one. We turned around at the 1/2 mile mark and headed towards home.

She walked a bit more and then just laid down in the middle of the road!

I waited a minute and then we started up again — and then she laid down again. In the middle of the dirt road.

Totally strange — this is a dog that I have regularly walked 3 - 4 miles at a time.

It was 59 degrees so not hot, and she seemed perfectly okay — she just kept wanting to stop and lie down.

Huh.

I called a dog taxi (aka Dear Husband) and that was the end of the walk.

Claire came home, had some water, visited with the cats, and is now napping.

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I cannot decide if this is good or bad. But it is interesting.

A Wrap

The family fun part of this trip has been SO wonderful.

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I rented a house in Truckee and Perfect Sister came — and so did my dad!

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We played cards, cooked in a real kitchen (that was novel!), and went for a hike…

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Donner Lake

Donner Lake

My dad headed out yesterday afternoon but Perfect Sister stayed. We went over to visit Jennifer Z. yesterday. Sparkle was enthralled with Rohloff, Jennifer’s puppy.

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Rohloff is a Karsten puppy and he is not only beautiful but wow — what a temperament. I want a puppy as sweet and pretty as he is — and given that Claire was bred to Karsten, my wish could come true.

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Later today we start the long trek back — hoping and wishing and praying this worked but grateful for these few days with family, and appreciative of Jennifer Z. for her part in all this adventure.

Lucky Socks all around.

Ready-Set-Go

Yesterday I left my house at 4:45 a.m. to travel over three hours to a work-related meeting.

Seven hours later I drove back to Missoula where I met Dear Husband and Claire at the vet at 5:30 pm for a blood draw.

Dear Husband dropped off the blood at the human hospital lab where the testing is done, and I went to campus where I had another meeting until 7:30 pm.

The progesterone was 6.9, which means she started ovulating yesterday.

First breeding date is tomorrow.

Family reunion with the humans starts on Friday.

And somehow I have to drive 978 miles between 5 pm today and tomorrow afternoon.

This breeding stuff — wow. So many moving parts.

Another reason it is not for the faint of heart.

Think good thoughts for us and have a fantastic day!