Flirty's Saga

Our dear Flirty had a 4th surgery to try to finally fix the odd palate defect she has in her throat.  This has been an ongoing saga since we discovered the hole in her throat when she was about 4 months old.  The surgeons did something a little different for this surgery and hopefully this WILL be the final fix!!

Thankfully Flirty recovers very well from surgery and she was back to her happy, bouncy self within a day of the procedure.  She has a recheck on the 19th and we hope to hear that they repair is holding and that things look good!!

Flirty was sad because we had to miss her last two obedience classes.  She LOVES class and I just love watching to learn knew things.  She has so much enthusiasm and "want to"...it is FUN! 

Oh and Flirty's favorite new toy is a feather...yes a feather.  A long feather came off of Bagheera's cat toy and Flirt fell in love with it.  At first she was play bowing and boofing at it which would make it move and then she would tear around the room in a zoomie frenzy.  Then she would slap the feather with her big feet and try to bite it.  I have to take it away to let the slobber dry after each play session. Weirdo!

So BAD about posting again!

Oy I have fallen off the blog posting wagon once again.  I really want to get back on track again.  I love having blog posts to look back on but I can't do that if I don't post them to begin with!!

So let's see what's been happening...

My fabulous Famke got her CD title in the fall and I was so very proud of her!! She is a joy to trial with and such a happy girl.  We were entered at our local club trial in November for a "security leg" for our CD (we had finished our title at a trial the weekend before) and I was completely blown away by how well she did.  Our run felt really good but when the judge called our number for 1st place I couldn't believe it!  I even double checked my number. LOL It was a big Novice B class...13 entered and 11 showed that morning.  So proud of my sweet girl!

Flirty and I attended the Great Dane National in Topeka, KS at the end of October.  My bestie Shannon joined us for the trip and we had a great time!  It was my very first Dane National and they do it up big! We enjoyed the fantastic vendors, yummy food, fun seminars and lots of gorgeous Danes.  Shannon and I helped out with obedience and rally and it was so much fun to see a line of Great Danes doing sits and downs.  Flirty will be there one day!  

We showed in conformation and I was thrilled that my baby girl got 3rd place in the 6-9 mantle class.  It was quite a rush gaiting around that HUGE ring. :) She showed so nicely for me and we both had a blast!

Currently we are working on lots of training and trying to survive the bitter cold temps!! I cannot wait for warmer weather so we can work and play outside again!!