Pet portraits

Earlier this year we had a professional photographer come to the clinic and even though our house is filled with pet pictures I still signed up. But as you can see the results were worth it. I liked the dog pictures so well I brought Icy (who posed like a little princess) and Jelly (very much against her wishes) in the next day. We had Legend done alone because we don't have any professional pictures done of her yet and then we had Zodiac done alone because he wouldn't put his ears up in the group shots (just in case you were wondering why Oreo didn't get his own!)


Icy
Jelly

Doggie Sweater

One of our clients knits dog sweaters to sell in our retail area-but this one she made just for Legend. Doesn't it look cute? It's actually purple but it shows up kind of blue in the pictures.

Boat Ride

We recently got a small boat/raft and this weekend we were able to take it out on the Finley River-the small river that runs through Ozark. We got off to a rough start before ever getting to the water though. First we didn't know if we had an adapter on our air compressor to fit the the boat so we could inflate it so while we were out buying paddles (which did not come with the boat) we got a small pump that would work. Of course it had to be charged first so we ended up finding a way to use the air compressor anyway. Then one of our oars fell off the truck on the way to the river and we never found it so we had to go with one paddle for the day. The Finley has virtually no current so we only made a short trip but here are some pictures of the ducks in the park that swam up to us while we floated.

Berries

Three years ago I attempted to grow my own raspberries and three years later the plants that managed to survive despite all my hard work have produced about a total of two dozen berries. So last year I decided to also try blackberries. In only their second summer the three plants I set out have gone crazy and are almost producing more berries right now than I can eat by myself. Someday I hope the raspberry bushes do as well but in the meantime here are some pictures of my blackberry crop.

Oreo's MRI

Good news-the MRI did not show any masses. There were some changes around the pituitary that the neurologists felt were more consistent with a possible acute episode of bleeding. So right now we are just monitoring blood pressure, urine output and anxiety for the next month or two. At that time if he is not better we will probably do a test to determine is he is able to concentrate his urine at all or not and/or repeat the MRI

Oreo

After several weeks of producing unconcentrated urine, followed by the onset of episodes of restlessness and anxiety, and ultimately decreased appetite, along with failure of any test I did to find out what was going on I took Oreo to the Veterinary teaching hospital to see some of my old teachers yesterday. We performed an abdominal ultrasound and chest radiographs which were normal so it was decided that he should have an MRI to rule out a brain lesion. He will have this test done tomorrow and we are anxiously awaiting the results.
Here are some cute pictures of Icy, Legend, and Zodiac.

Storm Pictures

These are pictures of our "wet-weather" creek after the storms today. There is almost never water in it and I have never seen it this high. It actually flooded the road further down past our house. Fortunately all the tornadoes and severe weather missed us!

Summer Pictures

These are some fun pictures I took of the dogs playing last night.

Here is Legend showing off her proper "two on two off" contact performance

Below she is demonstrating her torpedo jumping style!

And now for a swim after all that work

And finally who could resist this face?

Also I am excited that someone finally left a comment on one of my posts-thanks Sarah and Mary!

Seven Random Things

My friend Sarah tells me I now have been "tagged" and need to post 7 random things about myself

1. I have 13 pets (I think-hard to keep track)
2. My favorite singer is Kenny Chesney
3. I can't sleep with socks on-ever
4. I grew up to be a veterinarian but there are a few times it just wasn't worth it (dirty, biting chihuahuas!)
5. Most of my free time is spent doing dog sports (obviously)
6. I have been to Hawaii but never out of the country
7. I constantly need to know what time it is and can't go anywhere without a watch

Rally Trial

Saturday at the Rally trial in Moberly Zodiac went in the Advanced class for the first time and would have got a perfect score if I hadn't skipped a sign and messed him up. Legend went into the ring for the very first time and got leg #1 on her Rally Novice title but handler error kept her out of the placements. Sunday though we all got our act together and Zodiac got the first perfect score of the weekend to place first and get his first RA leg. Legend followed his example by looking like a pro and gettting the second perfect score of the weekend and placed first getting her second RN leg. She also placed 1st and 2nd in pre-novice this weekend. Here are some pictures-some of them are kind of fuzzy.