Update on the Broken Dogs

Well here we are nearly two months into the New Year already.
Kindle continues to improve slowly - would probably be further ahead if I was home more and worked less :-) as I struggle to get enough walking into her each week but thats ok and I can't do too much about that.
Ashy had her surgery on her eyelid in early January and all her stitches are now disolved so we've started her jump training and are now aiming to have her ready to compete mid-year or so.
Has been a great summer weatherwise with lots of very hot days and plenty of rain in the evenings so the place is green. The dogs have really enjoyed swimming this summer and having our own private area is fantastic.

Last Training of the Year 2009

Well 2009 is done and its been a busy day!
Fencing, mowing and even got some training in.
Stu videoed Ash's training today so here are a couple of snippets of where she's up to.
The first one shows her dogwalk performance and the second link is her 3rd session on 6 poles of her 2x2 weave training.
Roll on 2010 and new challenges for us all...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbrtMjxp4kg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS7GTM6WKTc

Kindle's Swimming Rehab

Well we have another use for our training seesaw. It is now Kindle's entry ramp for swimming. We need it as the entry to the river at our place is quite steep.

She adores swimming but gets really cranky when her time is up for the day. With her it would be very easy to overdo things so we are being very careful. Its going to take a long time to build her muscle back up but we've got to start somewhere!

Other than that things are coming along and at least she's growing some coat back on her shaved leg so not looking quite so scrawny any more.

The Obligatory Xmas Photo

Well here tis! Don't they just look thrilled.

L to R: Ash, Fya, Zip, Flame, Kindle

The Olides Come to Visit

Today Flame's litter brother and sister came to visit.

They will be 14 next Saturday so was a great chance to get some photos of them all together.

They are pretty impressive for their age and definately showing the family likeness..

They are l to r: Kelso, Aimee and Flame.

Two week check & Stitch Removal

Kin went back to Steve this morning to have her stitches removed.
The wounds both look really good and he is pleased with them.
He is generally happy with the way she is moving and has given me a couple of stretches to keep the hips mobile until she's using it fully again.
The next 4 weeks will see us gradually increasing her on-lead walking and starting very short swimming sessions. Yahoo for head halters as on=lead calm walking is not Kin's strong suit.
She will get her next check up at 6 weeks post surgery.
So all good so far.......

Wound Comparison

Here are a few photos of Kin's wounds both inside and outside of her stifle. They are coming along well!


Inside stifle 1 day post surgery



Inside stifle 1 week post surgery

Outside stifle 1 day post surgery

Outside stifle 1 week post surgery