We are home

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( This is Miley checking out the dogs that are on the other side of the fence)


We got back from Savannah yesterday. Its nice to visit family, but its so nice to come home. Two adults and 4 dogs in a double bed makes for a long and unhappy night. I realized last night that my dogs usually don't sleep in the bed except for Mickey. Miley sleeps on the ottoman next to me (its used for the dogs to jump on and off the bed). Roxy sleeps on a pillow that is on the hope chest at the end of the bed. And Guiness sleeps on a bed that's on the floor. But for some reason everyone has to sleep in the bed at my mom's house.

Last night both the ferrets looked really bad. The one with the insulin problem was laying there drooling. I don't think Ive ever seen the ferrets drool before. I couldn't get her mouth open to get the medication in her. I did the best I could. I checked her later and she was down by the food bowl but just laying there in her urine. I guess she couldn't make down to the litter pan. The other ferret looked bad too. She was lying there unresponsive. Her legs were curled under. I couldn't get her to move at all. I thought about video taping her but I wasn't sure why I was thinking that. Now I wish I had. My son was with me while the ferrets were acting this way and even he said it seemed mean to keep them alive and I should put them to sleep. So I made the decision to put them to sleep. I went up there this morning and both of them seemed perfectly normal. Bright eyed a bushy tailed. I took them to the vet anyway. The vet checked them and he felt they weren't sick enough to put to sleep. Hmmm, he should have seen them last night. They tested their blood sugars. The sick one had a blood sugar of 23. He told me to increase her dose twice a day. If in a month her sugar is still that low, he will put her to sleep. The other ferret's blood sugar was normal. He felt she was a healthy ferret. Healthy ferrets try to run around and play. These ferret just lay there all the time. Fine I took them home. I really feel that one ferret is having seizures. That's why I wish I had video taped them to show the vet. This evening the insulin ferret is so much better. She fought me a lot with the medication. The other ferret is about the same. I guess will just keep going along.

I took Miley to the field this afternoon. Its been almost a week since we have done any agility. Its been raining alot and then with Thanksgiving, no time. First we worked on the table. I started with the chuck-it and trying to get her on the table before throwing it. She did pretty good with a couple of failures.



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We then worked on the jumps to the table. She did ok but still didn't drive to the table if I'm standing still and we are out pass the second jump.

Then we worked on a jumpers run that I messed up a couple of trials ago. I would post the video but its been a pain to post tonight.

When I was out at the field the sheep got out to where I parked the car. So the owner came out with her dog and I figured she was going to practice herding. They moved the sheep into the field next to us. The sheep were driving toward us. I wasn't paying that much attention because I was setting a course up. Miley drove straight to the fence to get the sheep. She made the sheep move all the way across the field. Of course she couldn't get to them because a fence divides the fields. I felt terrible. The lady was trying to work her dog and Miley goes and messes it up. I told her I was really sorry. She was very nice and just laughed. She said it was ok, Miley just wants to be a sheep dog. I was so glad she wasn't mad. But then she went back inside with her dog. So maybe she wasn't going to work her dog and she just wanted to put the sheep back in the correct field. I hope thats what it was.