Me, Mom and little rugrat sister, Haley, spent last weekend at Wag It Training Center for
some great FUN doing Wag It Games! There are various “games”, one of which is my
all time favorite – Novice Sniff It – where you search for food in a container in both a
line up of 10 containers and also 5 containers hidden in tents. I LOVE the tent search!
Mom hasn’t trained me for the next level of Sniff It, which is human scent. So we didn’t
play in that level.
Then, I got to play in my next favorite class of No Need for Speed(aka NNFS). I am in
the “Heart Dog Program” because of my well, you know what, that I’m missing… so
I can have exercise modifications as my Mom sees fit. You’ll see me, for instance, go
over both ramps, instead of going down the steps…I can’t do steps safely, so I get to do
the ramps! I LOVE ramps! My Mom screwed me up on the 1st send to the “Mat Pyramid”
as I didn’t see it at first! Silly Mom. When I walk over the cavaletti’s in the pinwheel
set up, other dogs have to sit in between but Mom lets me stand, as it’s easier on me
physically. You’ll see I’m having a tougher time these days with the tunnels…I just
can’t squat as well as I used to, as I’m taller than the tunnels…
Then on Sunday, I ran in only one run of Shadow Skills in the Proficient level. Mom
had signed me up for two other runs but she gave them to Haley to run instead as I
was tired from the day before. (It also didn’t help that when I got up and jumped off
the bed that morning, my rear leg gave out on me, so I fell). In this run of me doing
Shadow Skills, again, because I am in the “Heart Dog Program”, I didn’t do some of
the sits/downs/ or back up’s that some of the signs said to do. Mom wanted to make
it as comfortable as possible for me to have fun.
I’ve overheard my Mom saying that this was probably my last trial. I’m going to be
13 years old in January and things are getting tougher for me now and my stamina
level is getting less. She said I can still play a bit at home though! The easy stuff for
me physically. She said “we’ll see”….
Before we headed home, we got a “photo shoot” in at our favorite hotel…It’s a long walk
down to the ocean(well, long for me). We love staying there because there is a great
place to walk and see the ocean!
Before we headed home, both Haley and I had an appointment with our holistic vet
and I got my back adjusted, got acupuncture(with Vitamin B for an added “umph”) and
also cold laser. My back was out of alignment(that’s no surprise!) and Dr. Herzig went
over me well. When we got home, Mom noticed my back was back to nice and flat &
cool to the touch 🙂
I hadn’t been to a trial/big road trip, since June, so it was nice to go! But it’s also nice
to come home and “chill” in my yard and hang with my Papa 🙂
‘Til next time, keep on hoppin’! Even if it’s getting a little slower these days….
Maggie