The big day

Well, tonight's the big CGC test for Dahlia and I. She's been awesome this week. Peppy, excited, going down when I ask her to. But I expect she'll forget all of that when we get into the room and she's distracted by the smells and the new dog they're bringing in for the test. Sshe's gotten used the the instructor's hound mix who has been the "helper" dog for the past few weeks. On the bad side, that means she's going to have to remain calm in the presence of a new dog. On the good side, the dog is going to be a calm, dog-friendly dog who will basically ignore her. The instructor's hound mix is really reactive and often starts barking at the other dogs and people who come too close to him. She keeps him under great control, but he's definitely reactive (like she kept pointing out, HE would never pass the CGC).

I contacted a local training place that has an Agility for Fun class that starts on May 12 and registered us. As long as they get one more dog, the class will run and Dahlia will get a chance to try her hand at some agility. I'm looking forward to it. But I'm refusing to take it all too seriously. I just want her to have a good time.

Just can't get good news...

*sigh*

So Dahlia's test came back positive for Lyme. And apparently rather high (253, whatever that means). Now we have to somehow get across town to get her antibiotics (how I'm going to do that when I've got CGC tonight, class tomorrow and Thursday I don't know) and have to give her pills twice a day. Yeah that's going to go over well.

Then, to top it off, we have to RETEST. The one fucking test cost $80! I've spent $410 on her in the past week, now another test plus antiobiotics. *sigh*

It seems like it's one thing after another. I just want some GOOD NEWS for once with this dog.

So far since getting her she's had hookworm (twice -- she had it when we got her), some fungal thing on her nose, and now Lyme. Just WTF. I thought we were doing everything right but so far it seems like shit just keeps happening.

Meet Dahlia...

The latest Canine Good Citizen!



She did really well tonight. We had to redo the down at the end of the test. I got her to do it when I came back out after the separation and she was all excited to see me. I almost didn't think she would go down then but then she did! And we passed. Yay!!