Mom let me on the computer finally!

It’s been quite a while since my last update! Geez, Mom figured I’d better give an update on the going’s on here in Maine!

The snow is finally gone….yahoooooo! I can finally move around much easier now and not have Mom at my side worrying if I’m gonna fall on the ice. I have been getting lots of outside time now..and that sure is a good thing, cause I’ve gotten stronger by just being able to ‘hang’ in MY yard 🙂

A couple of weekends ago, Mom, little sister Haley and I went to Wag It Training Center where we have played before..this time it was some new ‘games’ that Mom’s friend has invented… I got to play too! I really showed everyone how Tripawds RULE! They were some impressed with me…and WHY wouldn’t they be?! Aren’t I just the coolest dog on the planet? I think so! The first day, I ROCKED! I was so strong and did everything my Mom asked me to…sits, downs, wraps around cones, hopping thru hoops, 180’s, stays and even a little perch work to prove to all them 4 leggers that YES indeed, this 3 legger CAN do perch work!! Ha! I showed them that I ROCK!

Sunday, I was a bit tired and weak…but really I was only showing it by having really slow sits…a few I didn’t really want to do but Mom lured me with food….so I can’t resist that! I didn’t get to work that much that day cause I was just too tired, Mom said…so I “hung” out alot…which is fine by me too…cause I’m the world’s best hang-er-out-er dog too! 🙂

My Mom’s friend that has invented the Wag It Games told everyone while Mom and I were standing there in the ring that *I* was the incentive behind the “Heart Dog Program”! It’s for disabled dogs…so they can compete too! My Mom started to shed a tear on that….she’s such a gush! Me….I was just proud as a peacock!!! Tripawds RULE I say!

So, Mom and I came home with some ‘homework’ for me….we’d been slacking up a bit on my Core Work program that we’d been doing all winter…cause I’ve been able to be outside more. But after the Live Chat with Dr. Waldman at Tripawds.com and after my slow/weak sits on Sunday’s run thru’s at Wag It, my Mom said that I’d better get back on track with my “Core Work” and she got some more ideas from Dr. Waldman.

Our next event is in two weeks! We go back down to Wag It Center and I am debuting in APDT Rally Obedience! My Mom tells me that I ROCK at heeling…that I’m better than little sister and she’s been at it longer than me! I told her, OF COURSE I’m better! he-he 🙂 So, hopefully, I’ll get my ‘core’ stronger so I can do some really fast/pretty sits for Mom to be proud of. But she told me she doesn’t really care…she’s proud of me no matter how I perform…she said she’s just happy that I can travel with her again and just ‘hang out’ for all she cares!

Here I am doing one of the new Wag It Games called Shadow Skills – it’s like Rally Obedience but has bits of Agility handling in it as well as Freestyle moves – very cool! Can’t wait to try it again the end of May at their FIRST official Trials for Wag It Games.

Today, we went for a R-I-D-E in the woods….probably one of my favoritest things to do….I hang my head out the window while my Papa drives slowly and I scan the sides of the woods roads for wildlife. I saw a partridge…but that was about it. My Mom took these pictures on my short walk…I couldn’t understand why she took me on such a short walk but she explained to me that it’s cause I stand up the entire time riding up on the bumpy woods roads and that is alot of exercise just me balancing myself on three legs. Oh Mom….I know, I know…you’re the brains and you know when I should rest…ok, ok…I’ll believe ya’ this time…

Well, that’s all from this neck of the woods! Until next time….keep on, keepin’ on!

Maggie

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Maggie was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma on her left knee. She had amputation done on October 20, 2009. Four days after surgery she had a low grade fever and was off her food for two weeks! Trying times.. I am grateful and so pleased with how she is progressing now. View all posts by maggie