A nice weekend

After lots of rainy weekends and misery we had a lovely weekend so made the most of it with some walks over the wedge.  On Saturday we had a great walk with the usual collie crew and I realised I can finally trust Molly an awful lot more now and relax when we are out for our walks without worrying about whether she is going to take off chasing things.

On Sunday we introduced Marianne and her dogs to the joys of the wedge, they enjoyed ball chasing, running through the grass and paddling in the streams and a good time was had by all!!  Foster dog Jake the ridgeback came too and Molly is not totally comfortable with him so was not quite as relaxed as the day before - but overall it was a lovely weekend with some very good company both canine and human.

Sall waiting for the ball to be thrown.

 Jake enjoying a mooch

 Molly deciding how muddy to get.

 What well trained dogs!!!  Sall, Cash, Sydney, Molly and Jake.

 Sydney, Cash and Sall do a spot of tree jumping.

 Cash and Sall waiting for the ball to be thrown.

After a break we took the dogs for another quick mooch round Coundon Park.  Molly led the gang of dogs into the woods and all the rest came out minus Moll.  After a few calls we investigated and found she had got the wrong side of the pond, tried to cross over and ended up stranded on a island in the middle.  She was trying to get back to us but the water was too deep for her to wade and she was not brave enough to swim.  After a bit of encouraging I realised she was not going to come over so had to make my way over to the other side of the pond so she could come back the way she had gone over onto the island.  She was a very relieved swamp monster when I called her back and she found the easy route.

Discharged

Time for our next trip to the Smart Clinic in Cardiff.

Molly has now got used to going there so went in confidently and even into the treadmill with no problem at all. She worked nicely on the treadmill walking well with the minimum of messing about - although she did an impressive demonstration of walking on her back legs as usual.  She then went outside so the vet could see her walking, before coming back for a full examination.  The verdict was very slight soreness around the shoulders and lower back so something to bear in mind after a lot of exercise.  Her kneecaps are still slipping unfortunately, but she is fit, well muscled and moves well.  In addition to this she is also very happy and very much enjoys her runs with the collie gang.

The vets were happy to discharge her for now with me just going back at some point in the future if I am concerned.

We will keep going with exercises now and then to maintain her flexibility and hopefully continue to keep her fit and well muscled.

I do also appear to have created a coffee monster somewhere along my trips.  I once made the mistake of giving her some of the frothy milk from my latte.  This was a huge mistake as it is now practically impossible to drink a latte in the car without her trying to get her head between mine and the cup - this time she managed to climb onto the dashboard and switched the hazard lights on - oh dear - my very own coffee monster!