The best laid plans....sigh. Well, I'd been planning on getting some good training in this summer on stock for all four dogs, and I came up against an obstacle. On June 6th I had a stroke, venous sinus thrombosis. Which, in english means that I have a clot in my brain in the vein that drains the blood in the gap between the two sides of my brain. The past two weeks have been spent in and out of hospital and diagnostic testing machines and on the couch. The dogs are enjoying having me home all the time, but not so thrilled with my lack of energy to do anything with them. Herding will have to be put off until after my neurologist appt and MRI in Sept, I'm on a lot of blood thinners and I can't risk getting injured by sheep. Disappointing to say the least, but at least on the island we can herd most of the year. Just gets wet and mucky in the winter. As I"m feeling better I'll get back to busy on working on some Novice Rally exercises with the four dogs. I don't think it will take much to have everyone ready, and I'm really hoping to premiere all four at teh Oct/Nov trials in Novice. Crazy much? Yah, maybe a little.
Stay tuned for the upcoming exciting news!
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