Just an update…

Last Friday we decided to go down to a show in Springfield. The
thought of 3 hours with poor Fiona being sick didn’t appeal to me
very much! On the “big ” Beardie list, someone recommended Dramamine
for a carsick Beardie. Well, it was worth a shot, so we got some. They
had used the children’s dose, but they had more than one! Always
erring on the side of caution, I gave her half a pill before we left
in the morning.

We did pretty good for about 2 hours, then noticed the drooling, and
then “URP!” We pulled over, cleaned things up, and made it to the show ok.

Fiona had never been to an inside show before and she did remarkably
well!! She only barked once in her crate and that is when she was
getting funny looks from another female dog. Fee set her straight.
While I was working on her Dad, she even zonked out for a nap.
She walked nicely around the building a few times, although she
wasn’t sure about all those little yappy dogs [LOL]. We worked on
“watch me” and I led her right past them. Nothing seemed to upset
her (including the hair dryers!) and she even did some moving for me
and baited for a stand. Since we took her to socialize and get used
to all that, it was extremely successful. I guess the good genes
have been passed on — good job, Traveler!

So a half hour before we are to leave, I decide to give her a whole
tablet of Dramamine. It worked!! Every once in a while she would
drool a tiny amount, but no “urping”, and it was a much nicer trip
home. Good thing because the traffic was so bad it took 4 hours, not
three to get there!

We are looking forward to getting her in the ring — she has been
getting so many nice compliments out of it [LOL].

Val
www.avalonbeardies. com

Starring…. …….Fiona
Supporting Players…Mom and Dad

It was a day like any other, sun peeking through the clouds, kids
off to school, that kind of thing. Nothing to suggest that it would
be… unusual.

I went about my business in the morning, doing a little work and
sweeping cut grass and fallen leaves OUT of the house. Soon it was
time to feed the Hairy Horde that follows me around all day (until I
want them, then they vanish like a magician’s trick).

So I start gathering bowls and warming up a little treat to mix in
with the kibble…..ok, 1 bowl, 2 bowls, 3 bowls…..where is the
other bowl? We look under chairs, tables, etc, then just grab an
extra bowl kept for shows so we can get the feeding thing done (they
do stand there with pitiful looks on their faces till the food is ready).

We repeat the process the next morning, but the mystery of the
elusive bowl doesn’t leave our minds. I decide to move a few things
around in the living room(our family was born with a decorating
gene-we move furniture around when we get bored) and see if perhaps
we missed it earlier.

HMMM….after a morning of shifting furniture ,
sweeping under things, and peering into corners, still no bowl! I
even checked the bathtub, Fiona’s new playhouse. It didn’t get
kicked outside by accident, it’s not in the back hall….ok, now this
is really bugging me! It can’t just vanish!

I decide that we need help from a Higher Source. I stand in the
kitchen and start “channelling” Fiona….(.I have the bowl in my
mouth, I move down the hallway….. …) and then in the next instant
my eyes pop open and say to my husband, “did you check your closet?”
He gives me a “look” (I’m used to that) but he dutifully goes into
the bedroom and looks in his closet. And here he comes with the
missing bowl! Daddy’s side of the closet is one of her hiding
places, but she has never carried anything in there before, so we
didn’t check it.

Guess the moral is “Be the Beardie….think like the Beardie….< LOL>
OHM…

Val