I’ve been recently speaking to breeders of working kelpies, they’re of the opinion that a 9 month old should easily cover 10km and show great improvement in distance and stamina in the next 3-6 months. Here I am treating him, to a degree, with kid gloves to avoid any orthopaedic problems. I also hear on the grapevine that a prominent veterinary orthopaedic surgeon owns a working kelpie, so I think a phone call is in order there too. Based on that, I took Guinness out for a slow and steady 10km run this morning. Easy! He was still trotting on in front of me when we finished and wasn’t puffed at all. He has developed a couple of new tricks. One is to run with his face along the ground to try and rub off his gentle leader, then he drops to his chest and rolls. Pulls me up quick smart. The other is a little less amusing. He will trot along in front of me, then decide he needs to poo, so stops immediately and starts dumping - if I’m not watching him, I’m pretty much stepping  in it, LOL. Hubby had Sinner out for 15km before I took Guinness out - he reckons that Sinner was in the crate, and when Hubby put Guinness in to take Sinner out for the run, Sinner growled at Guinness - “For God’s sake, you go with him!!”. Nice that both the dogs got their exercise early today, frees up the rest of the day for other things.

Guinness hasn’t eaten anything inappropriate of late, probably because we’re careful to lock everything away.

Doing a few extra shifts at work this week, working tonight and again tomorrow night and Saturday. A few extra $$ will go down well. I find it extraordinary hard to allow an elderly lady with a 12 year old dog who is really ill, has a severe heart murmur and has a large mass in its abdomen to spend several hundred dollars on an abdominal ultrasound to get a handle on what’s going on. I guess it’s up to her, but I’m doubtful there will be a happy outcome.

We’re going away for the weekend next month, which will be nice. Hubby offered me a new Garmin, but I said not now, not really within budget. I’d been thinking of it after reading the specs with Roseanne, but thought it was a bit overkill for me. I think he wants it anyway because of the better GPS reception under trees <G>, so maybe I will plan for it. He likes his toys.

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