Leg holding from the project
We went to Minnesota again to visit the excellent rehab vet and help our friend Megan with a work project. The travel went well and once we actually left, the traveling was more relaxed than our first trip. We attempted to stop at state parks in Wisconsin but apparently you get charged a fee to enter (unlike MI, OH, PA that we have visited) – and with dogs that were not supposed to walk more than 15 minutes, we just drove around and admired the area from our car. Griffin’s leg is looking better but wasn’t where it should be – probably because the vet performing the therapeutic ultrasound (to break up scar tissue) at home had not shaved him – making those treatments less effective. We shaved his leg, drew a circle on the area, and came home to get a few more treatments, wait a few weeks and we will need to go back up again.
Griffin rolling away. Megan puzzled.
In the weeks in between we did our usual summer activity of judging 4-H events at county fairs and helping last week at the Ohio State Fair’s Jr Dog Show. The kids are adorable. I got to see some that I’ve known for quite a few years – it’s amazing how well I know some of them with just seeing them a few days each year. And I got to see many enthusiastic beginners. During state fair week I told all of my regular students they should come and watch to be inspired with what the 4-H’ers can do.
I’ve done only a little training with my dogs – Griffin is still on limited activity. We did our first session with metal scent articles since re-training. It went so well we did a short break and then mixed up leather and metal. It wasn’t a perfect session – I should have re-set him more than I did, but I’m quite happy with where we are!
And then there were various class things. The training center added a kitten class, we added more basic and intermediate classes to the schedule, I started teaching some puppy classes, the longtime agility students made some great progress and we added in some new assistants.
August – Another trip to MN, hosting (and judging!) a trial, a play/obed seminar, exciting class things and hopefully back to training with my dogs. Griffin will learn to be more fluent with his scent articles. If he’s allowed to get back to activity I have a list of what I most want to train. I also want to better document and share more of our training.