The weekend in review

Spending the weekend with Georgeann and Bob is always really nice. I get my own room and space. I get fed excellent meals, and I am treated like a queen I love coming here. We also, got our bitch bred with great looking stuff. I was able to see the brother to Roland and he is holding together great. We collected Tanner and he still looks great, and Mimi won yesterday. Not so bad. So here we go into the show season.

Losing the breed

Well it happened. I lost with Tanner. It was OK Should we have lost, no but it happened like I knew it would. This judge loves Tanner and puts him up all of the time but without Heather on the end of the lead he really ddint know who he was and in the end went with the dog Heather was showing even though he is the total opposite of Tanner. It is all good. because at the end of the day, it makes losing the breed bearable when you win the major on the puppy bitch that is Tanners daughter and you get the opportunity to get picture with the judge and talk about how when Heather showed your dog he loved him and make him see the error ov his ways. It is all good..

What was I thinking

So.. Mere basically holds all the records at her high school for wormens basketball. Mostly she holds the all time leading scorer title. Well that record was broken a couple of weeks ago and that was great. That is what records are made for, to be broken and we were all very excited for the young woman who surpassed Meres achievement. Well tonight they were holding a little ceremony where Mere honored the girl who broke her record. It was nota big deal. A small ceremonty after the JV game.. I was going to the dog show and that was great, Newell would go with mere...we'll,,I guess it was a really big deal packed gym, tons of people asking where I was Media iterviewing Mere and I was not there. What was I thinking,,How could I not have known this was going to happen. When she was in high school she was a really big deal..I should have known that this would be a big deal. I guess just another thing that I can regret and feel bad about Oh how that list keeps growing.

And so it begins

So, this weekend begins the first time in a long time that Tanner wont be with Heather being shown, instead he wil be shown by me on a limited basis. I do a fine job showing him and I know that he is a nice dog. All of these judges this weekend have judged Tanner before and like him, but Heather has a new special. So I have to tell myself that we may lose, we probably willl lose And it wil be because the judges don't know me and it will take some time to show the judges that I am the real deal. I just know myself and losing with Tanner is not going to be easy. I just want to stay positive and have fun with him and not get mad if and when we lose. Wish me luck.

How is it possible

So this breeding dog stuff can get pretty expensive. We all look for ways to make it as affordable as possible while still doing all we can to ensure pregnancy. On of the tools we use is trackig the progesterone on our females that are going to be bred. The issue is that depending on where you go the price of these tests can be very different. And throughout the course of the season you may need to run as many as 4 to 5 tests. Most of us are expecting to pay about 70 - 90 dollars per test. That is part of it so we bite the bullet and pay it. Recently I ran a test of Freida and it cost 135 dollars.. WOW no way. So can't go back there again. So I try a new guy yesterday for True. Repro guy probably expensive. Imagine my surprise when the total bill was 45 dollars Hello new doctor I am now your new client.

Cut off your nose.....

so.. I really don't get people. I know that through our lives, we get disappointed, people do things that we don't want them to or expect them to do. But why not take those things and turn them into a positive? Why not just wait and see how things turn out instead of trying to manipulate things. We have a situation now that is making me very upset. Our dear friend who has the most generous heart is being penalized for a decision that she and I made. I feel so bad or her but if I step in ( which I really want to do) I could then jeopardize myself. So the counsel is for me to stay quiet and out of it. I really feel bad for my friend and want to make it right, but I dont think I can. Why cant people just act like grownups. I guess some people are just so self absorbed that they cant see beyond their own being. too bad or them.

Busy, busy, busy

So, after spending the entire day yesterday at our health clinic, I got up early to get all of my ducks in a row I swabbed the puppy for dna, I got all the paperwork for the cerf and the heart checks to send off in the mail. Then I drove to Leesburg to pick up True who is not yet ready and swabbed the puppy down there for his dna. Then came home went food shopping and am cooking Newel and fabulous supper of chicken cordon bleu and asparagus. Then off to the shop to drop off the dog food and than home to bed because tomorrow is a work day. I don't know what I would do if I actually had a full time job. Probably cry a lot.