Wish we would have entered!!

Our obedience club had a trial here this past weekend and I stewarded for Open B on Saturday. It was a great learning experience and it was great to watch all of the handlers and dogs perform. It was my first time stewarding for obedience and I was worried that I would screw something up but my best friend Shannon stewarded with me and showed me the ropes. I love watching a great team perform and it's always nice to be able to root for and congratulate your friends for doing well.

I was able to see the Rally Advanced course on Saturday and it was a course we totally could have done! Now I am kicking myself for not entering, especially since the trial is at the building that we train at and it only minutes from my house. I was hesitant to enter because we've been having some zoomie issues but Falkor has been doing so well. Oh well there's nothing I can do about it now!

We've been busy doing training at the club which has been great. We just started a new session of Advanced classes and new member classes start on Thursday. I am also assisting Shannon with a puppy class she is teaching on Wednesdays and then we do some training with our dogs after class.

We had some mild weather on Saturday, before ANOTHER blinkin' snow storm yesterday, so I decided to take Falkor tracking after the trial. I laid a long track with 3 turns and Falkor ran it like a freight train! Tracking in the snow is awesome!

Fun with Show and Tell

Falkor goes to "Show and Tell"

Falkor was lucky enough to go to my son's preschool on Wednesday for a "show and tell" of sorts to celebrate Pet Week. Jackson was simply beyond excited about bringing his dog to meet all his friends and teachers. Falkor adores children so I knew he'd be in heaven being surrounded by a herd of preschoolers.

When we arrived in the classroom the kids were wowed by Falkor's size and they were all very eager to meet him. There was one little girl there that isn't enrolled in Jackson's class (I think her parents were checking out the class) that instantly fell in love with Falkor and she was stuck to him like glue the entire time. It was so stinkin' cute. The kids were wonderful and were all great about taking turns and asking questions about Falkor.

Falkor was a rockstar! He was excited to be around so many little ones but he stood perfectly still to let all the kiddos pet him and he didn't try to drown anyone with Dane kisses. ;) I am VERY proud of him.

I am so thrilled that my best friend Shannon volunteered to come along so she could take some pics for us!! Thank you Shannon!

Falkor and His Boy

Falkor is just phenomenal with Jackson. He is always so very sweet and follows him everywhere. I'm sure it helps that Jackson is a food pez dispenser at times. ;)

Here are my two boys sharing a hug and a kiss.

Progress Report and Some Fun!

We had our appointment last week with the vet hospital and it went very well. The vet was impressed with the rehab plan that we have in place and wants us to continue it to the letter. The only things we'll be adding is additional exercise, massage, and of course the hydrotherapy. It was great to get a baseline from a professional on how Falkor is doing right now. I also had my best friend Shannon take some photos of Falkor so we can have a visual of what Falkor's body looks like as time goes by. I think that will be very helpful as well.

I am going to try to start biking with Falkor to get some additional exercise. I can't walk fast enough to keep him at a slow, steady, trot and I can't jog to the end of the block. ;) Now if the freakin' Iowa weather could cooperate and stop snowing that would be wonderful!

I found on Sunday that it is Pet Week at Jackson's preschool and his teacher had sent out an email asking if anyone wanted to share their pet with the class. I emailed her back and told her that we would love to share Falkor with the kids. So Falkor will be visiting Jackson's classroom on Wednesday. Jackson is SO excited and I know that Falkor will be in heaven surrounded by a bunch of little kids.

At school today they made paper bag puppets and the kids could choose to make either a dog or cat. Jackson chose to make a doggy and it actually looks like Falkor! LOL His teachers also asked the kids to name their puppets and Jackson name is puppet Kumar. Kumar is Falkor's nickname. :)

I took these pics of Jackson, Falkor and Mini-Falkor. :)