Thursday 12 November 2009

Training this Saturday

Sue James is going to be manning the fort this Saturday, as I will be venturing down to the Dartmoor agility show in Okehampton. We are entered into 2 classes - Large Agility Graded 5, 6 and 7, and Large Jumping Graded 5, 6, and 7. This will be our first G5 classes as we haven't had another show since September and Ella's G4 win at Gillingham. I'm very happy with her since she's been back from her 3 weeks off, she's working really well and is possibly even faster than she was before! I was in two minds about entering this show, but I feel it will help prepare me for the sort of courses we'll be running next year so it's worth the trip. Just trying to ignore that fact that Hazel and Martin Tait will be picking me up at 6am on Saturday - we must be mad!

It's been a crazy week. My parents have been unwell and as my Dad is a fellow dog walker for people, I've been helping to cover his dogs as well as my own. We've been waiting an operation for Dad for sometime as he has a couple of things that need fixing, and it's had him quite run down. The nasty sickness bug that has been going around our families really knocked him for six this week, and he was taken into hospital yesterday to replace some of those lost fluids with a drip. He feels much better this morning and we're going into visit him a little later on today to find out what the plan is - he was supposed to be having his operation today, but of course that will now have to be delayed.

Today I am grateful for my Dad feeling better and for the good health of all the people and animals I love - it's something that is so easily taken for granted.

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