Upcoming Events

  • February 23-24 | AKC Trial | Manhattan, IL
  • April 6-7 | USDAA Trial | Indianapolis, IN (Pending)
  • April 20-21 | AKC Trial | Merrillville, IN
  • June 6-9 | UAD | Nashville, TN (Pending)
  • June 28-30 | DockDogs | McHenry, MD (Pending)

Current Accomplishments

  • AKC Agility - OA OAJ OF | 1 Excellent FAST leg, 2 Excellent A JWW legs, 2 Excellent A Standard legs
  • Dock Dogs Big Air PB - 25' - obtained in Vail, CO 06/10
  • Dock Dogs EV PB - 7' - obtained in Stillwater, MN 07/08
  • Dock Dogs (Indoor) EV - 6'10'' - obtained in Katy, TX 09/08
  • DockDogs SR PB - 5.518 - obtained in Stillwater, MN 07/09
  • Dock Dogs Top Gun Title (EV) - obtained in Rockford, IL 08/08
  • Dock Dogs - Elite Jumper Title - obtained in Vail, CO 06/2010
  • Invited to and Participated at 2010 World Championships in Iron Dog and Speed Retrieve
  • 1 of 16 Teams Invited to 2009 DockDogs World Championships (ID)
  • 3rd Place at 2009 DockDogs World Championships for Iron Dog
  • 1 of 18 Teams Invited to 2009 DockDogs World Championships (SR)
  • 1 of 16 Teams Invited to 2008 DockDogs World Championships (EV)
  • DockDogs - 1 leg towards Super Elite title
  • NADAC Agility - NAC | 2 Novice Jumper legs, 2 Novice T'nGo legs, 1 Novice Tunnelers leg, 1 Novice Weavers leg

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Clear For Take Off!

(well, "gradual" takeoff, but takeoff none the less.. hehe)

Today, Tractor saw a specialist for his leg. He reviewed the X-rays and did a pretty in depth physical exam. He said that the Xrays showed a very tiny amount of fluid around his right knee - but nothing that he was too concerned about. During the physical, he couldn't feel any fluid at all, so he thinks because the Xrays were done right at the time of the injury, that could be what it was.

Of course, he said to gradually ease back into training and just keep a close eye on him - to see if he is stiff or showing any signs of lameness afterwards - if so, we'll take him back in, but if not, then just continue with our normal activity!

I am SO excited for this, even more that he can play at home and not listen to me yelling "easy!" or "tractor, no!" or "calm down!!!!!" - lol.

Next Tuesday is Pebbles first agility class/lesson, so I'll bring Tractor along and let them split the half hour lesson. I will get to evaluate Pebbles as well as let Tractor get 10-15 minutes of play time.. to see how he does.

Today we are off to do some studio photos of the VP, for Christmas! I'll be sure to post the new pics on my Phanfare. :-)

Agility....... here we come! :-)

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Glad to hear Tractor is doing good and it wasn't anything serious. How fun to be starting Pebbles in agility.

Whitney said...

Yea Tractor!!! He's going to be so excited! Can't wait to see how Pebbles likes it too :)