Exactly where am I supposed to sit? LOL
Wordless Wednesday 11-05-08
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Impatiently waiting….
It’s been almost a month since we went to the Control Unleashed Seminar and came home with a recommendation from Leslie McDevitt to look into getting Rogue on some anti-anxiety meds.
In the meantime, we’ve contacted Dr. Karen Overall to do a fax consult with the vet here. She agreed. So, we had to fill out a pretty extensive history form for Rogue and then we also did our best to get video of her behavior to send along with it.
The video did not go smoothly at all. First of all, it’s nearly impossible for me to video by myself, so I was waiting around alot for my husband to have time off work, then the weather was cooperating, then when I was sure that I could predict a certain reaction from Rogue in a certain place, she seemed determined to prove me a liar. LOL Eventually, we got some video, although how helpful it will be…I don’t know.
Then the vet’s office temporarily lost Rogue’s records. Come to find out a few days later they had simply mixed her records back into the huge Sheltie Rescue of Utah file, under her previous name, “Bonnie Jean”. Anyway, that’s all straightened out, and I got the history form and video in the mail on the 21st. Supposedly the vet’s office faxed her records at the same time. So, I figure that it should have gotten to Dr. Overall no later than the 24th of Oct.
It normally takes a week to two weeks after it gets to her for her to actually do the consult. So…now I’m waiting. Last Friday would have been a week. I wish I could say that I’m more patient than I am, but instead I feel like I’m counting the minutes, and it’s making the days past awefully slow. LOL I am obsessively checking my email to see if there is any news. I’ll post as soon as I hear anything, and let’s all hope it’s soon! 
Roll a Treat Ball
Well, I’ve noticed that in the last little while a couple of the dogs and myself have put on some weight. So I thought I’d share something fun that I do with the dogs when I’ve got to reduce their food a bit. Too bad someone doesn’t make me work for my food a little harder too!
One of the things that we do is use the Roll a Treat Ball at breakfast and dinner instead of their usual bowl. That way I can reduce the amount of kibble, but it takes the dogs longer to get it out and eat it. Plus, I like the fact that it gives them something to think about besides just scarfing down the food. They have to work at it.
Here’s Rogue figuring out how to play with the “magic ball”.
And finally…success!!!
Raven has done this before, so you can see she’s already excited to get started. LOL
Anyway, it’s just a fun thing that we’ve found that seems to work well for our crew!
More Farm Pictures
I’ve been promising to post more pictures when I got home from my parents farm, so here they are. Here’s a couple of shots from the house of the lovely views.
And here’s a couple shots of the sunrise from the front porch the last morning I was there.
If you look close in this one you can see the lake that Penny likes.
Here’s some of the usual characters from the farm. First, here’s the chickens. They have run of the whole 20 acres. Makes it difficult to find eggs, unless you really know where the nests are. LOL
Then here’s one of the goat kids from this past year, her name is “Lily”, and the old, (did I mention OLD) bull “Curly”
This is “Curly” again napping in the sunshine. He is the sweetest bull you’d ever want to meet.
So, there’s a glimpse of the week at the farm. Hope you enjoy!