Change in Plans

The Edmonton trip is off. Well, for me anyways.

Gio woke me up at 4:30 this morning having another seizure. A grand mal lasting about 3 minutes. It's just after 8am now and he hasn't settled down yet. Still pacing and restless, but at least now he is responding to my voice and recognizes his name. It took him about an hour and a half until he would lay down and sleep. He slept for about an hour and then woke up at about 7am. Since then he has just been pacing. He should settle for another sleep in a while again, then maybe I can catch a nap as well.

I'll have to bump up his medication again. His last seizure was about a month ago, and I increased his meds at that time. In the past, higher doses of KBr gave him digestive problems, so when I noticed some diarrhea after the recent increase I dropped the dose down a bit again. I'll put it back up now and cross my fingers for no digestive problems. I guess our next course of action will be going to Phenobarbital in addition to KBr. He is booked in for some bloodwork next Tuesday anyways, so I will discuss options with the vet at that time.

Off to Edmonton

Tomorrow afternoon I am heading off to Edmonton, AB for the weekend. Touch n' Go, a flyball team out of Las Vegas is giving a seminar, hosted by Synergetic Surge. Touch n' Go is the current world record holder with a time of 15.096 seconds. My flyball team is sending a couple of people to soak up some information.

Our team is not overly competitive, we run dogs with times anywhere from 4.5 to 8+ seconds. Each dog gets an equal opportunity to play, and we are all about having a good time and making it positive for everyone involved. We do not strive to be the fastest team, or even to compete with the fastest teams. But there is always information one can gather from those that have reached those heights. Any little tips or tricks that we can incorporate into our training sessions and classes will be helpful. Take what you want, and leave the rest!

I'm driving up with a friend tomorrow, then back again Sunday evening. It's about a 5.5 hour drive, give or take. Apparently things are to wrap up by 4pm on Sunday, so we should be home by 10pm (way past my bedtime, though!).

The boys are staying with "grandma". I hate leaving them behind, but it makes it somewhat easier knowing that "grandma" will spoil them rotten the whole time. I'm lucky to have such a great baby sitter. Otherwise, I would never get out of town! She is even fine with feeding the boys their raw, so they don't need to change all their routines. I stocked up on some pre-made raw today, though, just to make things easier (and so I don't need to worry about bone supervision).

See you all again next week! I likely won't be updating the blog until Monday ... Sorry, but you guys just aren't important enough for me to write something up Sunday evening! LOL You'll have to wait until I get some sleep.

Romeo tried to sneak himself into my suitcase. Gio's too big to fit, so is just waiting
out in the car.

What I want for autumn and winter.

The last few weeks I've been thinking a lot about what my wishlist for autumn and winter is, which is natural, I suppose, as the weather is getting colder. I decided to make a little polyvore set to get some more ideas, and in order not to forget which things I initially wanted.

* A pretty tartan/plaid wool coat. I actually don't need another coat as the one I bought last year is still wonderful, but if I do stumble upon a tartan coat that I fall in love with, I might get it.

* A red umbrella. This one from 'Brolliesgalore' has a wonderful shape, too.

* Patent leather gloves. The leather gloves I own are suede, and every time it rains they're soaked.

* Wool tights in any colour are always welcome in my closet.

* Equestrian boots. These ones from Marc Jacobs are beautiful, but slightly too expensive for my budget.

* A pretty collar. This is actually a necklace since I couldn't find a collar on polyvore. Lovely nonethless. My only problem is that I don't really have any dresses that would look nice with a collar.

* A gray wool scarf.

* Flat and comfortable brogues. And preferrably two coloured ones.

What are your must haves for this season?

So Flattered!

Big thanks to Essex & Deacon for awarding my blog with Brillante Weblog Award!


Here are the rules:

1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog

2. Link the person you received your award from

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs

4. Put links of those blogs on yours, and

5. Leave a message on the blogs that you've nominated

I am nominating a couple of blogs that I enjoy reading regularly. They are:
Reilly - CowSpotDog
Ricky - It's a Dogs Life
Josh & Jesse - Our Sheltie
Moxie and Izzie - Corgi Lounge
Summer - Walking with Dog
Bosley and Maggie - It's a Bernerful Life
Simba - Pop Dog Blog

The Dismemberment of Mr. Caterpillar

Mr. Caterpillar was a present for a job well done at the trials this weekend. The boys LOVE Mr. Caterpillar, especially Romeo as Mr. Caterpillar is just about as long as Romeo is, so he's really fun to fling around and shake.

After dinner, the boys often get rowdy and this evening poor Mr. Caterpillar got in the way. Much fun ensued, resulting in many blurry off-centered photos of fluff, slobber, and caterpillar legs.

This following picture is KEY to learning the reason behind the dismemberment of Mr. Caterpillar ...

See what Romeo is holding on to??

Yeah, it came off.

Poor Mr. Caterpillar.

Autumn, already here.

Today was so cold, and it felt as if autumn had come nearly overnight. Perhaps it's fitting since today was the first day of September, which many of us also consider the beginning of autumn. However, I really would not mind at all holding on to summer for a little longer - the winters where I live are much too long. Nevertheless, I had the chance to wear my new trenchcoat, which I didn't buy when I was in London, but which I, luckily, got the shop where I found it to send to me. Wearing a beret was also fitting.






Trenchcoat from Dahlia, beret from H&M, gloves from Mango
tights from NoaNoa, pumps from a shoeshop in Germany.

SKOC Trial -- Day 3

Well, we were able to round off the weekend nicely!

Both boys had a Rally Novice trial this morning. Gio took High in Class in Novice A with a score of 97. And Romeo took 4th in class in Novice B, also with a 97. That finished off both of their CKC Rally Novice titles. Because they did SO well ... Gio taking High in Class for each leg, and both boys getting a perfect 100 score along the way, I decided to splurge and celebrate with a professional photograph.


Gio also had another obedience trial this afternoon. He qualified in 2nd place with a score of 190. That is now two legs towards his CD!

Both boys were entered in a second Rally trial this afternoon, but because of a scheduling conflict with Gio's obedience run and because both boys finished off their RN this morning, I decided to pull them from the extra trial. That means that Romeo only got one run in today, so I feel obligated to take him out to agility practice tonight. My feet are killing me, but I'm hoping a couple of hours to relax (and a nice cold Ceasar ... Blood Mary to any US readers) will even things out for me.

Congratulations to everyone that did well at the show this weekend! I saw a lot of friends earn some impressive titles, pull off some fabulous runs in obedience, rally, and agility, and a couple of really nice placements in conformation!