Hey everyone! Sorry we have been MIA for the past week. If you follow us on social media, then you already know. But if you don’t, then I would like to apologize for taking so long to post. We received some devastating news. Trixie’s lab results cam back from her mammary tumor and they came back positive for Mammary Adenocarcinoma. We will discuss this diagnosis further in an upcoming post, but that diagnosis just took all my inspiration to write out of me. Not only was OhMyShihTzu.com affected, but also Healthy Latina Living.
But we are back, unfortunately we will not be continuing the A to Z Challenge. But don’t worry, I know a lot of my readers have really enjoyed this agility theme, so we are going to follow it up with a backyard agility series, so stay tuned for it!!!
I wanted to share our weekend with you today. So our weekend started out like this!
Not exactly how I wanted it to start. I mean I’m not complaining. California has been under the worst drought on record, and here in the central valley where I live it is classified as an extreme condition. I really thought that our pool was going to over flow!
I wanted to attend a lure coursing practice, but it was raining so much! So we naturally thought that it would be cancelled… it wasn’t, but they decided to offer the practice on Sunday also. So early Sunday morning Riley and I headed out for a little practice.
If you aren’t familiar with lure coursing, it is a sport in which a system of mechanized lures and pulleys that simulate the unpredictability of chasing live prey. Dogs of eligible breeds—sighthounds—are evaluated for follow, speed, agility, endurance, and overall ability as they pursue an artificial lure zigzagging across an open field. ~ AKC.org
Now if you remember, Riley had participated in a hybrid course in October when we went to the Cynosport World Games, see Lure Course Shih Tzu. But at that time the course was filled with jumps and she was chasing a fluffy little tail. I wasn’t too sure if she would zone in on a white bag from the grocery store. Much to my surprise she immediately zoned in on it and wanted to run! So much so she began whining because I was holding her and she wanted to go!!
All I have to say now is “YEEHAW!!!” My little girl can run! I think I’ve found a sport that Riley can really get into! So believe me we will definitely have more to write about this! Especially since there is a Coursing Ability Test in a couple of weeks that we can travel to.
So how about you? Do you think your dog would love lure coursing?
We are happy to once again be joining Monday Mischief! Our favorite blog hop to wrap up the weekend. Make sure you visit some of the other great blogs that are joining today!
I’m sorry to hear about your sick pup. My heart goes out to you.
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Glad you guys finally got some rain. I know it’s been ridiculously dry out there.
Trixie is in my prayers, and so are you.
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I think my Emmie would love to do this. We just adopted her a month ago, so we are still getting to know each other. Visiting from the A to Z…sorry to hear that you won’t be finishing, but that seems totally understandable. Take care and best wishes.
Katie @TheCyborgMom
My prayers are with you and Trixie. Lure Coursing looks like fun. Riley can move! My Chewy may be interested. He loves to chase and has a high prey drive.
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I am so sorry to hear the news about Trixie; my thoughts and prayers are with you. As far as lure coursing goes I think it’s an amazing way for dogs to get out that chase drive. We did a few runs with Laika (before she was diagnosed with arthritis) and like Riley I was astonished by her natural ability and enthusiasm for it. I know some people think it’s a little rough of a sport but in controlled conditions I think it’s absolutely amazing – and if Laika didn’t have arthritis we would have kept it up as a sport.
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I’m so sorry to hear about Trixie! I would be devastated by that kind of news too. It is great to see Riley running and enjoying herself. It sounds like lure chasing is a lot of fun. As a cat mom, I haven’t ever tried it. My cats do like to chase things, but they can’t really be coaxed into it.
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I think Ruby would love lure coursing, but I’m afraid it might be too hard with her reactivity. Boca would rather nap!
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Oh boy… Our feets are crossed for Trixie
Lily & Edward
Praying for peace for you and good health for your precious pup. So glad that you were able to spend the weekend enjoying the lure course, despite the rain!
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So sorry to hear about the diagnosis. Heads up and prayers for Trixie.
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Lure look like so much fun. Riley can really move!
Riley is super fast. I would love to watch Harley and Jax do something like that. What fun.
Our girl Missy would love lure coursing! Whenever she sees a cat, squirrel, or bunny, she wants to chase after it…same goes for plastic bags or leaves blowing in the wind!
I’m looking forward to your backyard agility series…I’ve been thinking about creating a few obstacles in our backyard.
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That is so cool. I bet our dogs would get a kick out of this; especially Zoey.
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I’m sorry, I didn’t finish my comment because I kept getting a “feed could not be found…” When I went off to check what might be wrong, I returned to see my unfinished comment posted.
I also wanted to comment on how fun it was to watch the video of Riley. She seemed to be having a great time. Guess you could say she’s found her bag!
So sorry to hear your news on Trixie. Sure takes the wind out of your sails
I’m sure we would do lure coursing, but no time with our other sports. So sorry about the diagnosis. When life hits hard it is good to take a break and pull ones self together. The blog has to come from within and with terrible news, the umpf is not always there.
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Prayers up, fingers and paws crossed for Trixie. Way to go Riley!! April showers for us near Truckee, CA included snow of all things!!