Well, I took Amber to the physio and vet last Thursday afternoon as she hasn't been 'right' for a few weeks - intermittently, not all the time. I had taken her to the vet about 3 weeks ago, but without much satisfaction as the young locum was obviously out of her depth with anything more complicated than kennel cough or a cut paw....... Anyway, the verdict on Thursday was that Amber has arthritis in the dodgy left hock (expected) and also in her right front leg (compensating for the left rear) and also in her spine between her shoulder blades (compensating for both). As a result, they advised that she should continue with exercise and some light agility training, but the lovely twisty Grade 6/7 courses that she and I adore and do well on are a 'no,no'.
I've spent the past hour ringing and emailing show secretaries and processors to withdraw entries for her later this summer at those shows where the closing date hasn't yet arrived. No problems at all, just a bit of a sad job.
And so to bed, for Austmans Amber Nectar at Yettontop A.W.Now I need to plan her retirement party!
oh what a shame, always a sad day when we have to say goodbye to the special working relationship that's taken years to develop. Hope Amber enjoys her retirement though :o)
ReplyDeleteThink you need another dog to train now and run Brenda...feel free to borrow one of mine! :oP
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ReplyDeleteThanks Nat - can I run Ham or teak please? ;))
ReplyDeleteWrong Nat!! HaHa
ReplyDeleteNo...you can have the equally naughty and troublesome sister of your darling boy!! :oP
Yay!!! That'll do just fine!! She's a darling.....though Amber, Dictator of the Universe, might have other ideas.... :))
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