There have been 2 - 3 bears hanging out on campus for the past few weeks, and whenever one is spotted a text goes out to the campus community. I find these texts endlessly entertaining for some reason.
Pozy and I walked on campus yesterday morning but we did not find a single bear — except this one.
Stay safe out there!
Updated:
As breeding adventures go, this was pretty tame.
The transcervical insemination was a bust BUT we had the ability to go directly to surgery and do an implant…
Claire’s progesterone took off like a rocket BUT because we were testing daily we knew that and used the info to go directly to the surgical insemination yesterday.
Another shipment of fresh-chilled semen hopped on a commercial Delta flight last night. At $93 for 1.9 billion, that is a REALLY cheap seat for Team Swimmers.
This morning we did one last progesterone, and Claire was artificially inseminated with the new arrivals — just a regular AI given that she had the surgical yesterday.
Now we wait — and turn our attention to Daisy, whose progesterone is at 1.77 this morning.
WHEW.
Have a great Sunday.
This is Kadi (Wildflowers) doing a duck herding clinic. What I love about this photo is what it reflects — that this intelligent working dog is having an interesting life that involves fun activities that use her brain. Thank you, Eden!
This is a photo of Zeus and Buttercup, Kadi’s littermates.
Looks like Zimmer has some competition in the Freckle Contest! Thanks for the photo, Penny.
Those two get to see each other regularly because Team Zeus takes classes from one of Buttercup’s humans. I am so grateful to Georgia and Patty (Team Buttercup) for welcoming and supporting Penny and the rest of Zeus’s family into this fun world of Berners.
Pozy Clarkia has mastered retrieving.
She will find things to bring to me, presenting them with hope that I will throw whatever it is.
I love that she understands her agency, and chooses to engage. That is the foundation of a successful working dog.
Her training is in micro-sessions spread throughout the day — sometimes those sessions are two minutes and sometimes they are ten seconds. It is amazing what one can accomplish in a very short amount of time.
The breeding update is that Claire will be bred today and tomorrow. Let’s cover all bases, shall we?
Mayan fertility goddess, ixchel (source: Wikipedia)
And of course…
The world famous Lucky Green Socks!
Have a Super Saturday!