Weaveapalooza!!!

I had Sony with me at Skills camp and she did a little bit on sat AM and was real good, however Sat afternoon I tried to work her and she was a little not quite right at 22. but not horrible. I figured maybe her back was out. that night I went over her and sure enough she Said OUCH when I went over her back although I was pretty sure it was ribs and not spine. she seemed not too bad on Sunday so when we did the weave pole session I worked Lotus in the beginning but as things got over her head I was allowed to bring in the ringer for WEAVEAPALOOZZA!!!!!! we set the jumps at 16 and set her loose!!! she had a great time and ran perfect courses, nailing every set of poles. she still never showed any sign of lameness or stiffness, but still showed the soreness in her mid back. Monday I took her to see Dr Couret and I was right she had 2 ribs out. but the rest of her was good so the weave pole extravaganza didn't have much effect on her :) still not sure about CH or Perf for the trial but I will work her this weekend and then decide.

Judy and sony the weavin FOOL

long week

well as usual its been a very long week, a death in the family ( DJ's Mom) has been very stressful on the whole family. so haven't been keeping up on Sony's happenings.

I went to the NE regional last week and Sony got to hang out see friends and saw David for a massage on sat. he said she is getting some muscle and feels pretty good. her right hind is still a little more restricting than the left on extension but not bad and she will do it.

I did spend some time wed working her although not as much as I would have liked. she did a little course and it included a tunnel!!! boy was she happy. since she isn't 100% comfortable on extension and getting a good take off for the first jump I left the first jump at 16" and did a small course she was brilliant and looked very comfortable. I am still in the air about doing 22" CH at the trial in July or 16" Perf. I need to work on her spread jumps and get her on the AF. I don't think the AF is going to be an issue but the spreads may be. so will have to work on that, I can move her to perf by the second closing date if I need to.

I am off to Camp next weekend for 3 days, even tho its with the 2 young dogs I am allowed to work her in place of Lotus on some sequences. I also got into the sends and recalls seminar with Mary Ellen at the end of July. its a seminar going over skills needed for the APHS , which although I have been using with the 2 young dogs and did the same seminar in Feb with them, Sony has been brought up on GD, so that's why I wanted to work her now that she is sound and up for the work. I am also going down to audit the Masters seminar so I hope to do a few of those sequences with her as well. I will post my decision about CH or Perf after Camp.


Judy and Sony

whats her Usdaa # ?

I took Sony to Melanie yesterday and she just about blew a gasket she was so happy, Melanie went through all her exercises and she was a star, she worked on the UWTM and had no issues at all. other than shaking her head and splashing water everywhere. :) afterwards we measured her legs and Melanie went over her every where, her legs are developing evenly and she seems to be loosing the fat and starting to get muscle in the appropriate places. there are ribs there!!!! her weight has stayed the same for the last few mo, at 35.5 # but she is finally loosing the extra she was wearing around her middle :) so after talking with Melanie telling her what I have been working on with her I have decided to Enter Sony in a Trial!!!!! It will be the Riverside trial in Mass July 10-11-12 but since its been so Long I had to go look up her USDAA # I used to know it by heart :) Just 1 class a day, Steeplechase on one day and Grand Prix on the other. I am going to enter her in CH and If I feel she is not completely ready to do 22" I can put her in Perf. however she has been doing real well, better than she was last year. walking and Swimming seem to be the best things for her and working on her Ball so I am going to continue that, and keep up with her massages. To give her a little help I did put her on a low dose of a muscle relaxer to just try and keep her loose while I build her up. that really seems to have helped after all the work yesterday she was not sore at all.
Next week will be very busy, Sony will have a massage on Tuesday and I am leaving late Tuesday night for PA The north East regional will be this weekend and I have to be there since its my Club. Sony will hopefully get some work in and I will schedule her a massage with David from Dog PT. won't she be Happy!!!!! So not sure when My next post will be.

Judy and Sony

more jumping!!!

its been quite a few days since Sony's last jumoing session, we were camping since fri which although she didn't get to swim the river was pretty cold, she did romp in the woods. The last 2 days work has kept me busy. I had DR Angela take a peek at her yesterday since her back was so bad 10 days ago. I am glad cuz she wasn't all that bad, front end doing well and back end was out but no more than her usual maintenance.

I was eager to get her out and work her today, we did some collection work which she is doing nicely but I really needed her to work on extension. and Powering off her hind end. I set up 2 Jumps about 18' apart and about 16-18" high I set her back from the first jump pretty far and set a toy far past the last jump. the first few times she added in stride and didn't use herself real well. but after she gained confidence and started jumping very confident and using herself. Not sure if it was just that she hadn't done that in a while or she needed to realize her leg was not going to hurt. I gave her a break and worked the other 2 dogs and when I brought her back out she picked up where we left off I ended with her jumping both jumps at 20" :) and she did good. and I saw now stiffness or lameness, she took a dunk in the baby pool and a nice walk to cool out.
have to work tom , she sees Melanie on Fri and I am hoping to get some more training in over the weekend

Judy and Sony