I seriously suck at agility these days :( I feel like I am letting Kort down. I have many excuses, but no one wants to hear someone complain all the time, but I just want to say that sometimes I just hurt...seriously. Today was a long day for me, I had a fantastic walk with my friends & our dogs. I enjoyed every second of it :)) I had to bath Tate right after as he goes on his first therapy dog visit next week, & today was my only free day to do him. He took me 3.5 hrs. Then I brushed Kort out for another half hr. Kort gets his bath on Saturday for next weeks trial.
So, I got home about 5:15 & I left the house this morning at 9:45, then left for agility at 7....I know for most this seems like no big deal, but like I said, I hurt, my neck hurts, my back hurts & tonight my wrists & hands hurt, & when I hurt I don't sleep, or I wake up hurting in the middle of the night . See, complain, complain complain !
Anyway, I really need to think more on continuing with agility....as much as Kort loves it, perhaps I am not doing him any favours if I can't get motivated enough to encourage him properly?
5 comments:
Don't be so hard on yourself. Yes you were a bit boring tonite but that was easily fixed with the food toy. You don't need to move any faster than you are and we understand physical limitations. You do need to think outside he box sometimes though.
I think that aslong as you and kort both enjoy agility together then continue. But if it's not for you don't sweat it. :). There are lots of other things you can do with your dogs. And kort would like anything that involves you and cookies and fun.
Amanda
I am sorry to hear you are hurting so much. May be just take a week off of agility and see if a bit of a rest helps. It's amazing what even 1 day of rest does to a person's body. I haven't done anything with Zack for over 6 weeks and now I have the "urge" back again to start up. Don't give up, you and your dogs make a great team.
I am sorry that you are having to deal with so much pain and to decide what to do about agility. While I don't know about the physical toll of agility (yet) I do know about hurting--being that I am even older than you!! LOL!! And older than most of the people I know either directly or indirectly who are involved with dogs. Even doing the obedience stuff leaves me with a sore back!! I don't know if a break from agility will help--it might be worth trying though. Perhaps tracking and even herding might be better--no running, just walking. And Kort would still get the mental and physical stimulation without you having to be in pain.
thanks everyone♥.....I know I will keep going.....just need to get a new mind set! :))
You probably need to build up your endurance. And, let me tell you about endurance...hahaha!! Really, the more you do it the better you will feel. Unless, like I said before, you just don't like it. Not everyone wants to ride a horse 50 or 100 miles at a time, but the more I trained, the easier it was. I truly thought I could never do it without being in severe pain afterwards. But, I do really want to do it! And, it didn't hurt as bad.
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