Since my last post things have been a tad hectic round here. Last Saturday CAWA held its 30th Anniversary of Independence events (Shows, Obedience and Agility Trials) with a couple of Eastern states judges being contracted. Raven went in UD and was doing quite well up until the signals where she faded and then missed …
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Game ON!
Yesterday was a Games trial day - two chances for passes in each of the three games (Snooker, Gamblers and Strategic Pairs).Raven - In the morning:1st Place Excellent Strategic Pairs with partners Nifty and Sue and our title!2nd Place Excellent Gamblers (for pass #4)And in the afternoon:1st Place Excellent Strategic Pairs with partners Nifty and …
Good News in Threes!
Wednesday I got the best email ever! A note from Dr Amy Lane (Oncology resident at MUVH) to say that Raven’s results from the FNA (Fine Needle Aspirate) came back clear cytologically - there are no lymphocytes in her lymph nodes currently. This combined with her clinical remission is considered full remission from cancer. This …
Halfway Point
Raven is now halfway through her chemo treatments. She has had 8 and has 8 to go. On Tuesday they will do a FNA (Fine Needle Aspirate) on her lymph nodes to confirm she is in remission and then start the 4 weekly cycle again – Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine and Doxyrubicin, she has a week …
Yay for Cypher!
He was such a good lad at Rockingham trial today - he had four runs and ran clear in three with his handler messing the 4th one up by over handling him into the wrong side of the weave poles. 2nd Place in Masters Jumping again! 3rd Place in Open Agility and 6th place in …
ACWA Trials…Saturday July 14th
Yesterday was our club's Double Agility and Jumping trials held at Canine grounds.Some hard luck stories for Raven, a couple of successes for Cypher and some achievements with my 'borrowed' dogs.Raven was again feeling rather good and had a bar down in Masters Agility combined with a rather speccy seesaw fly off and in the …
Doing Fine…
So Raven is doing excellently well right now. Last Tuesday her WBC was up over 6, she got her dose of chemo and was right as rain the next day. She had an absolute blast on the weekend reverting right back to her young feral self, being a complete b&^%h to me on the start …
Ups and Downs and Roundabouts
Well it’s been ages since I last posted. Real life has gotten a much firmer grip this last week or so. The weekend before last I took the dogs for a long walk out at Jandakot Regional Park. It’s a massive area full of natural bush and dirt trails to follow which are sometimes lined …
Trial-free Weekends
So no trials for the last two weekends in a row. I feel quite strange...and so not physical in any way...think I better do some serious running this week at training or else I am going to be completely exhausted after one run next trial! Raven is again of the "no news is good news" …
Cypher’s First Kids
Well here they are - Cypher's first progeny. Born April 23rd to a dam called Angel (Oodnadatta Shes An Angel). Three boys and three girls. They are 4 weeks old in the photos below taken today. I definitely got my puppy fix in and fell in love with girl number 1. We'll go back and …