Luna Tail

Back pain officially sucks. Not only does my back (still) hurt, my entire outlook on life is in the dumps. I’m cranky. I’m tired. And i’m just sore.

I’m better… mind… a little bit. What I’ve been doing has helped. Not sure if the Arnica has helped.. but I’m still trying it. The Topricin does help, and it feels good all over, my neck, back, and my ankle that is still sprained and may be through all this year until dog sport season calms down again.

I’m still sleeping on the couch. Last night Tatum was by my feet for a while, and Muffit jumped up by my belly. Muffit stayed there all night. He is so small, he doesn’t take up much space. Then Levi had enough of being alone on the bed so came and whined at me. I put him up by my head… and that boy is not small. But we snuggled together and fell asleep and were comfy.

I do love my dogs.

Just a picture of me and Chase… for those who don’t go over to my other blog, Tip Tail. I thought this was a cute picture from the DOCNA trial today. Chase was tired and didn’t want to pose very well. And Levi and Tatum were already in the car all packed up and ready to go home.

I really need to get jogging again. Dangit… I have been having way too much anxiety about jogging lately. Or else I need to structure it out and follow a plan. But I’m so bad with goals. Hrmph. But the boys and me need to be in better shape!

Today is the day of the year I hate the very most. It’s not that I hate Daylight Savings Time… though I really don’t care for it and wouldn’t mind it getting darker earlier in the evening. I just hate this time change.

And I hate it (yeah I know ‘hate’ is a strong word, and this is a strong feeling) because getting up at 5am for work every morning is painful enough. Having to adjust to getting up at 4am every morning is a killer. And it will probably take me a couple of weeks to adjust to it.

I do like the fall back time change okay, because it’s the longest day of the year for me… getting an extra hour. Now that’s cool, let’s always have 25 hour days! But I guess the Earth won’t change it’s rotation just for me. Dangit!

Anyway, I’m having a nice easy weekend. Going to take Muffit, Chase and Tatum to practice flyball today. Yay! It will be Muffit’s first time out. He’s not ready to run yet but I want to see what he’s like in the environment and with the other dogs and people. Plus, it is a gorgeous day! The sun is shining and maybe I’ll get some nice pictures. I even can open my exterior shutters (if I had any) to let all the sunlight in!

I am trying to get some things done… really I am. I got back from the flyball seminar yesterday about 5pm. And I’m dead tired today. I do wish I had more stamina… more energy.

See… I started this post, then 2 seconds later completely forgot about it, and now I’m back and remembered. LOL. This is going to be a short post, because I’m having a hard time concentrating on much of anything for any length of time. And I even slept for 9 hours last night. Ugh.

The townhouse we stayed in was better than the Las Vegas hotels I have stayed in in the past in Vegas… it was nice, and fun, and we had our own room! I will try to get up some pics of it in the next couple of days.

Is it nap time yet?

Well.. just a short post, I’m actually in Las Vegas Nevada at a Flyball Seminar. I took Chase and Tatum with me. I won’t, most likely, have very much internet access while I’m here. If I do I will probably post on Tip Tail, my dog blog, to post pictures and things.

We are staying in a townhouse and we are hoping to have a good time!

Okay I’m sick of it. Maybe it’s not the body butter. I woke up this morning with many new hives… and bruising on my inner left thigh, and outer right thigh. I just don’t know what is going on. Maybe I need to see a dermatologist instead of the regular doctor, but I’ll start with the regular doctor. I have an appointment tomorrow morning, they couldn’t see me today.

And Saturday when I was doing agility with the dogs, in the dusty dirty barn, I could hardly get my breath. I coughed and coughed and could hardly breathe while I was running. When I stopped I was better, but still not that great. And even now as I sit here and type this, I feel like I can’t really get a deep breath.

So the doctor it is. I hate pestering them. I hate going back again and again saying I still don’t feel well, figure it out please. I’m not a hypochondriac. I’m not nuts. I really want to go to the Naturopath but I can’t afford her right now! Ugh!

At least I can go have a nice coffee on the espresso machines, maybe I’ll stop and get one on the way home from getting my nails done. I’m also taking Muffit to the vet again, he is having major nasal discharge, poor boy.

As ya’ll most likely know, I currently have six dogs (one is a foster) and two cats in the house. I started looking seriously into dog food about a year and a half ago, deciding that I really needed to have a good grasp on dog food and the health, or unhealth, it provided to my dogs. At that time I went to raw.

I still feed a lot of raw, but I have been also feeding dehydrated dog food, and good quality kibble as well, to give the dogs variety and also to find a good balance for myself. I am happy with the food I have chosen for the dogs and I do think they are healthy and happy.

I had the opportunity to get some samples of Freshpet Select pet food and get a first hand look at the food itself, and provide a review of the food. I’ve included a couple of pictures here in order to show you what it looks like.

The first thing I look at when I look at a new companion animal food is the ingredients. I will not buy any food with byproducts, and I like to see fresh whole meat as at least the first ingredient, preferably the second and third as well.

I received a roll of the Adult Chunky Chicken, Turkey, Vegetable, and Rice Recipe. I am happy to report that the first two ingredients are meat, Chicken and Turkey to be exact. The third is eggs, which is also a good source of nutrients for dogs. The remainder of ingredients are whole ingredients, not parts or byproducts, also good signs. Also included (as you’ll see by the link) they include vitamins and minerals. Many of the livestock nowadays are raised in environments where they may no longer have all the vitamins and minerals necessary. I suppliment my dogs and I am glad to see these guys do, too.

The Deli Fresh foods need to be refrigerated, because they come with no preservatives. Another plus. And I wanted to make sure my dogs enjoyed the product which, enthusiastically, they did. You can see by the picture of Levi jumping up on the counter for the Pet Fresh food! He is a goof, though, and is allowed to be on the counters. Within limits, of course.

So I think I will try this food out in the future, and see where I can buy it locally. It would be convenient for travel as long as I have my handy fridge with me in the car that is car powered. But I do that with the raw, too. Has anyone else tried this food? If so, let me know!

This will be my last post probably until about Monday. I have all my blogging assignments done, I packed last night, and I’m ready to go.

I’m going to the Clicker Expo in Los Angeles. I’m excited. I’ve been wanting to go to one of these for years, ever since I started reading about clicker training!

I hope there is not too much cool stuff to buy… because I just am low on money! I need a raise. But that’s nothing new. I’ll have my laptop with me but if I blog, it’ll be over on Tip Tail, my dog blog, since this is all about dog training.

Anyway.. talk atcha next week!

Well I got a lot done today. Did some dog training, bought some dog food, got a Mammogram (never fun), and now I’m home. I also sent in my flyball seminar entry for Tatum. They are having a green dog seminar on Friday, and I’m excited about that. So now I have to make sure I can have it off work, the extra day, but I don’t think that’ll be a problem.

This is a short week for me. Going to LA on Thursday. I hope it’s warm there. Will be a nice change from getting dumped on with 2 inches of snow per hour today. It was nice not having to go in to work, though, that’s for sure. We need a corporate relocation here, a building not in the capitol would be nice! Something closer to home. Oh well, wishful dreaming.

And dangit, I was going to write about something else and now I forgot what the heck it was. Gah! Oh well. Maybe tomorrow.

Wow.. I went to dog training today, to practice on my own.. and it was very windy going there. After the hour was up, I looked outside and there was a major snow storm. Driving home took me an hour, to go eight miles, and I got lost on the way! The visibility was so poor I ended up going too far East. I was laughing, it was pretty funny. The dogs seemed to be wondering where we were going, too.

We got about 2 inches in one hour. And it’s still coming down. We will probably keep getting 2 inches an hour for about three or four more hours. Fun! I like the snow. Though I am ready for some spring weather and to get out with the dogs.