Packing… I hate packing

This is a totally and completely (well, mostly) selfish post. It’s Thursday and I leave tomorrow for my weekend agility and lure coursing trip. I bet you can guess just how much I’ve pulled together for my trip. Yep, that’s right, NOTHING. Not a...

Countdown to Agility!

Yesterday Rio had his last agility class before we make the long trek up to Ithaca, NY this weekend for his first trial. It is the first time we had a chance to practice on full contact equipment since starting to redo his contacts about two weeks ago. Although I...

Prepping for travel–first aid kit

Packing with dogs is a lot like packing with kids–you really have to bring everything including the kitchen sink. Hard crate, soft crate, treats, food, quiet toys, squeaky toys, bullysticks, wobbler, kongs, etc. are all important pieces of my canine travel kit....

Vet Results and an irrational fear

It’s a rare day when Shayne and Rio spend an evening sleeping on the couch–after hours of hiking, hours of swimming, a busy day at a disc competition or a day at a busy social event, but today was one of those days. An hour at the vet office today and...

Prepping for a vet trip

So today is a HUGE day for me…erm, for 2/3’s of my critters. It’s vet day. Shayne and Rio both need to have heartworm test done, I want to run a full blood panel for Shayne since she’s almost 7 I want a healthy blood sample we can compare to if...