For all of my dog friends who have had to listen to me agonize for weeks/months, I have great news. As of this morning, Trip is FINALLY in heat. She had to be bred by September, and once again, Trip was a perfect puppy and cooperated. I’m very happy I won’t have to induce her into season.
I’ll be following her cycle closely with cytology and progesterone testing to try to optimize the time for breeding. I’m hoping for a good-sized litter, and will do everything in my power to ensure that happens. Of course, a ton is out of my control.
Think good thoughts for me. I will make sure I keep my Blog updated, so make sure you sign up to follow it. The address is http://agilityvet.blogspot.com
Oooh, a sidenote. Trip is already qualified for the 2010 World Team tryouts, so if she’s a little slow coming back and getting in shape, I don’t have that to worry about on top of everything else. 🙂 Of course, Trip doesn’t know how to do ANYTHING slow, so it wasn’t a big concern, but still nice to not have to think about it at all…
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Well, we went to the DFW Golden Retriever AKC trial in Ft. Worth this weekend. Trip was, once again, perfect. I’ve jokingly told people that she’s trying her best to convince me to skip the puppies–“come on mom, I’ll NEVER NQ again…” We had some fun courses, and she ran very well, getting all 1st places. She doesn’t do anything halfway. 🙂 So, she’s now working on 8 QQs in a row. I’ve only dreamed about consistency like that. Hopefully after puppies it won’t take too long to get it back. At this point, running her almost seems easy (though still exhilarating every time we step to the line).
Mardi unfortunately got her toe caught in the heavy doors into the arena this morning, and ripped her pad yanking her foot away, so she got scratched today. I think her toes are ok, but I’ll have to reassess tomorrow. Hopefully she’ll be ok before next weekend.
I also ran Lyly, and she was a good girl, OH SO CLOSE to that last QQ for Nationals. A bar one day in standard, and a bonehead flick away on her part in JWW blew it for us two different days. That said, she ran great, listened well, and did great contacts. She had a smoking standard run today, even working her contacts. Maybe next weekend we can get that last one down.
Here are some videos:
Well, I’ve mostly been doing a lot of waiting. Namely, waiting for Trip to come into heat. She was due in almost 2 weeks ago, but she definitely is having a mind of her own. I wouldn’t be so impatient if I didn’t have such a small window to breed her. In order for her to be back in shape and ready to compete at the Nationals in Tulsa, she needs to be bred by September, the earlier the better. So far, no luck.
I have actually entered 2 AKC trials in Ft. Worth this month, but I was fully expecting to have to pull her from them. I was being superstitious, and was thinking if I DIDN’T enter them, then she definitely wasn’t going to come into heat. Alas, even entering shows hasn’t helped. Looks like I’ll be running both dogs–at least it will be in some frigid AC. The October shows are starting to open, and I don’t plan on entering her because I expect her to be pregnant. But the “not knowing” is definitely making it hard.
Everyone think “in heat” thought for me please. 🙂
