Off to Westminster...again

So after four years Tanner is not going to the Garden. I was so glad that we werent going to have to do that show. It is really a very long few days and very hard on the dog. So imagine my chagrin when G had a dog going. OK I said I will tag along. We will do dinner tonight at a nice restaurant and the day tomorrow will be long, but nothing like before because my own dog wont be there. Now we have another dog going that I may have to show. I have never shown at the Garden and quite honestly I never have really wanted to. So here I go, getting ready to show someone elses dog at the most prestigious show of the year. Now if I win, I will be really mad.

Awoken by an alarm

So, still in Wildwood I am awoken by some sort of announcement followed by a blaring alarm that is rocking the city. I open the back window and nothing unual, just a blaring alarm. After about 15 minutes I call the front desk to say what the heck is going on? THey dont know but they will let me know if we are evacuating. I am not comforted.

In Wildwood

So away agin this weekend Iknow Newell is getting pretty tied of me leaving on Friday and not coming home until Sunday. It makes for a long weekend for him. Last night Mere came up and they went to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of them winning the State Championsip. I am sorry I missed that. And tomorrow is SUper Bowl I will try to leave here right after we show and talk Newell through the CHili so we will have this for tomorrow night. I keep telling him that this is not the norm and soon the shows will be closer and I wont be away for the weekend. Next week is NY and the weekend after is Frederick and than we are home, I guess until NC in March. Maybe he should just start coming with me.

Trying to get back at it

Last fall I really got it all together. I lost a lot of weight and was feeling great. Than I really fell off the horse Forgot how to eat and excersise and I just went back to all the old habits. So here I am again at square one. Trying to excercise 3 times a week and eat right. So, hopefully I can get it all going on again before the nice weather comes. Will keep you posted.

Not my weekend dog sitter

So for the last two of three weekends I have been away at the dog show. It really is only January that this happens but it is alot. Newell stays home and takes care of who isnt with me which for this last weekend was everyone ecept Bastion. On Sunday morning I get a rather heated call from Newell clearly not happy. He hates the dogs and he hates Hannah in particular. So, she had pooped and peed in her crate overnight. When he took her to the pen, she ripped her toe nail off so he brought her back down to stop the bleeding. He wrapped her paw in gauze and an ace bandage which she promptly ripped off and ate. When he called me he had poured 2 bottles of peroxide down her throat to try to make her vomit which she did not. Jess finally came to the rescue and came over to give her a shot that made her vomit the bandage. By the time I got home from RIchmond he had calmed down and was no longer threatening to get rid of them and me as well. Whew, but alas, I am off agaiin this weekend to NJ. Than on to the Garden, then hopefully home for a few weekends. Hang on Newell, almost there.

On the Road again

SO this weekend I am in RIchmond VA with Bastion. He is Andrews puppy and he is now being shown. He has done really well in only two weekends. Last night while asleep he has decided to eat a big red hot spot in the middle of his back. I have him entered in 5 shows coming up in NJ and he is supposed to leave with Heather today for these shows and if I know her at all she wont want him to go with her because she will be afraid that it will get worse. So, I guess I will try to get a handle on this and take him there on Friday. Oh Bastion, I guess you just didnt want to go

To poop or not to poop

So Anya has been in jail for the past 5 days. SHe is living in an xpen with no toys, no blanket, no nothing. She cant be trusted. Every few hours we give her some food and water and it takes her about 3 seconds to finish it and than she looks like OK is that it? Now she needs to poop. We have food going in and nothing at the moment coming out Now dont get me wrong. I am not looking for more poop, you know I have enough, but she really needs to start going so we know that things are back to normal and moving again. SO ironically, I now wait and want the poop. How funny is that?