SNOW! Thankfully this was a quiet weekend; I didn’t enter Wyre Champ at Myerscough as I thought doing 5 days of agility in the space of a week was a bit much after 3 months off. Not sure we would have got there any way, since we were under 2ft of snow on Saturday morning.
The dogs are enjoying the snowfall if nothing else, although Kim is a little bit restricted. She loves snow treks and is more than physically capable for the most part, but over the past few days the snow has created some really deep drifts that even Dyl and Ri are struggling with. So the big dogs have been heading out on longer walks alone, and I get reminded of basic things like when Rio is running toward you, don’t expect her to brake/divert course, and Dylan is absolutely the most annoying dog in the world to walk with in snow.
Hare’n’Hounds Easter show is at Duncombe Park again, and they haven’t had any snow, so assuming the roads stay clear there’s no reason we shouldn’t be competing this weekend. Outdoors! Despite all the snow the ground round here really isn’t saturated at all at this point, and the rings at Duncombe are on top of the hill, so the turf should hold up for us (if I bring home hundreds of pictures of mud-splattered dogs … well, I’m sorry I jinxed it). Because of the Easter several years ago when we froze to death, and I swore never to camp at Easter again, we’ve booked in to the wooden Pods again. Importantly, the Pods have electricity and a radiator, so no freezing here.
Rio is booked in for her spay on Thursday. I’m nervous, and in my head I’m telling myself that of course I’m nervous, it’s surgery and a day trip, and last time one of our dogs went in to the vet, she didn’t come home again. I trust my vet and that is very much not his fault, but it still induces some extra stress. Dylan and I set off on Friday morning with Emma & Diva for Helmsley, and Ri gets to stay home and hopefully stay nice and calm for a few days.