is it work or fun !!!

Sony has been doing more jumping work and just loving it. hard to call it work when she is having so much fun. trying to do 2 short sessions a day. simple jump exercises or short grids that work her hind end and back muscles.

yesterday she had a lovely massage and absolutely just loved it. she was showing some stiffness after the jump work but Becky was able to work that out and today I saw no stiffness. I wish I could get her done every week :)

If its not raining tom AM I will do a bit more before I go to work then again when I get home. Fri we go Camping where I am hoping to let her swim in the river ,won't that be fun !!!

Judy

tired pup pup

Yesterday Sony worked some jumping 2x and did fairly well, today she and I went for another 6 mi walk. the trail was very busy but Sony was very good she was on and off leash the entire time, I was able to let her swimm a few times in some streams she is now having a nice nap :)

Tomorrow she gets a massage, wed some more work, depends on the weather for thursday and fri we go camping where she will be able to swim!

How cute is she!!

Judy

Back to work!!

so after getting adjusted and a day of rest, I took Sony outside to do her jump grid this AM. What a difference!! instead of heaving and throwing herself and stutter stepping she was jumping nice and round and pushing off her hind end!! we did a short session this AM then another short session just a little while ago. got the jumps worked up to 16-16 and ended on 16-20. she had no difficulty and never touched anything. Next thing on the agenda is to start working her recall to heal, I did some before the feb injury mostly on the flat I had not put it to a jump. She has yet to do an Aframe, weaves and tunnels. I will wait a few more weeks before I let her do those, the AF and weaves requires alot of muscle control and well the tunnels are just to fast right now.
I am also draining her pool in the basement so I can set it up outside. it started leaking again and without the water I am hoping to fine the leak and fix it for good!!! meanwhile more walks and hopefully find some ponds to swim her in.

Judy and Sony the jumpin dog!!

feeling better and a day off

again Sony seemed fine today but I had Dr Couret look at her anyway since I was pretty darn sure her back was out, Boy was I right!! her back was out pretty good in 2 places and she really seemed to like it. it even gave off some heat after. the rest of her was in pretty good shape. so she will get today off and I will let her go back to work tom.

Judy and Sony

lots going on

Sony and I have a lot going on since last post. after another visit with Melanie She has started a little bit of jumping. and she is allowed to do the DW and Teeter. the jumping she has only done a few times, but seems to be doing well. it is just a low jump grid to help her use her hind end. I was in PA last weekend and she got to do a nice little hike in the feilds with Mary Ellen and her 3 dogs. what a blast that was !!!


yesterday she was not jumping very well and I could not figure out why, obviously something was bothering her but It was not her knee, she never limped , even after rest. I gave her some medicam with dinner. I later went to melanies Class and after I brought Sony out just to visit and finaly noticed some heat in her back. it would explain her funny jumping.
So today instead of jumping work I took her for a walk on the rail trail. I kept a close eye on her and she seemed ok, (remeber I gave her some medicam last night:)) so or walk ended up to be 6mi! not until the last mile or so did she appear to be tired. I did fine some water on the way for her to lay in a cool off. the trail was a bit more busy that it has been when we walk but Sony was an angel. I was able to keep her off leash and just made her lie down when people and bikes were passing. she is so good she could really care less about chaseing them. I noticed her gait not being totaly normal near the end as she got tired so tom I have to work half a day for Kelly so I will bring her to the office and Have Dr Couret adjust her for me so she can go back to jump work. Her fitness is getting better but she still lacks the muscle for jumping so we will keep up with the grids to help her. I might have to get her adjusted a bit more often as she comes back until she gets the musce to hold everything in place. we are home this weekend so I hope to continue with Sony's grids and do some more training with the yong girls.
Although I am not trialing as much as usual I am really enjoying working the girls. its like having 3 dogs to train !!!

Judy and Sony

Sony Loves to swim

since I spent most of yesterday cleaning and lost track of time there was no time to walk sony before Nicks BB game so I too her downstairs for a swim.

She did 15 min but Next time she can def do more she was just dandy after, maybe 20 or 25 minutes.

Judy and Sony

long week

its been a long week at work, 50 hrs in 4 days. so poor Sony didn't get as much work as I had hoped for, she missed out on her swim at PAWS, the girl who swims her, her horse had foaled that AM so she stayed home ( filly and everyone doing well) wed it got dark by the time I got home so I just let her do laps in the front yard. but today I got to take her for a 2 mi walk it looked like it might rain so I didn't stay out too long. plus was a bit tired from work:) I did let her off leash so she prob did more than 2 mi :) I wanna try and get her to some real hiking this weekend of I can. other wise she is still doing just fine.

Judy and Sony

more fun!!

Sony has been having a great time, the weather has been good and she has been outside alot more. Fri she went to see Melanie and worked pretty hard.her balance is doing great she can jump on her ball and 'Stick" the landing. she is gradually getting some muscle and pretty evenly. of course she loved being in the tank, but seemed to get tired, she may not have recovered completely from the 4 mi walk!! so we cut it a little short and let her have a rest. I gave her Sat off from any work and today I decided to take her for a walk instead of the pool. only because I enjoy the walks :) we did 3 mi and I was able to let her off leash since it had been raining and the rail trail was pretty quiet. she had an absolute blast! I am getting ready for a crazy week at work, but I think I may be able to do something with her every day this week. will post end of the week.

Judy and Sony