SUMMARY: So little time--
... And then Boost was sick for a few days, and then I was sick for more than a week, and then my back went out and then I had a big deadline at work and was putting in quite a few more hours than usual...
And here we are, looking at a weekend of USDAA agility in Palo Alto, and neither Boost nor I have done anything worth mentioning in a month. And my back is still a mess.
A friend who has run her in class might try running her this weekend if I think that I can't.
Chip is basically a good boy but loves to bark back at the neighbor's dog who throws himself at the fence and barks off an on most of the day. I tolerated that, mostly, although it got tedious, before Chip came along. Now I have to close him in the house when I'm here so that I can say that I'm at least making an attempt to keep him away.
His nose touch to a target is slowly getting better, about as fast as I'm working on it. Have done just a little tiny bit of trying to get him to back up or to stretch on command or to Shake.
Working on "come" a bit. Not enough. Sit and down stays are longer but I don't work on those enough, either.
Have bailed on my regular Thursday night class with Boost because I've been making it only about once a month for one reason or another. Might try to get into some basic foundation/groundwork/whatever class with Chip to motivate me a little more.
Tika's back legs are getting pretty weak, and *that's* really where I regret not doing more all the time. We should be walking and doing her exercises every day, but often I just can't. Or I'm not here.
Not much to say, really, which is why I haven't said it.
That sounds like a really full plate you've got there. Three dogs, all of them needing something, your own health, heavy work load. Don't beat yourself up. You do the best you can, choose what you can do, let the rest go, and enjoy time with the dogs. That's all you can do and it's enough. You'll have more time, feel better again soon. Till then just hang on.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dawn.
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