BordrColy

Tomorrow we are headed to a USDAA trial which will be fun, well as long as the dogs and I don't get ill.  I've been reading emails and talking to people about the latest round of kennel cough.  I'm both amused and bemused by people's attitudes - they range from panic to totally unconcerned.  I am somewhere in the middle.  I realize that kennel cough and other diseases are transmitted anywhere there is a concentration of dogs, and that is a risk I take.  As long as there is common sense among exhibitors there is no need to panic.  Common sense means that if your dog was exposed to kennel cough at a recent trial, agility or obedience class and your dog has a any symptoms such as a cough, gag or snort or doesn't seem to feel well - stay home.  Yes kennel cough for a healthy dog is a self limiting disease and yes your dog may have kennel cough but not show symptoms if recently acquired.  I am not trying to shame or blame if your dog has kennel cough, my hope is that people would think of their fellow exhibitors dogs and their own dog before attending a trial with an ill dog.

I hope everyone has fun and cough free weekend with their dogs no matter what you are doing or where you are!

While I love living where I do, the yard, the trees and the quiet when the wind starts gusting it can get pretty scary.  It was impossible to sleep last night as flying objects (branches) hit the sides of the house and the roof.  The power went out at both home and work but I was needed at work so I got ready, backed out of the garage, drove down the driveway and found it blocked by a 30 foot section of a tree that snapped.  The good is that it fell the way it did - away from my fence, missed my fountain in the front yard and wasn't a big enough section to hit the house.  Thank goodness for scheme_n_me  who picked me up and drove me to work.

See Topic can relax :-)