Quick Trip

Today I joined Liz for a quick trip to the Medicine Hat dog show.  It was fun just to go down for a few hrs, watch some friends & their dogs & come back home.  I had also put in an order for Jill Cookies so I picked them up from her at the show.

I walked around some of the booths & was so excited to find a Flatcoated Retriever pin!!!  My first piece of Flatcoat jewellery :)

Spring Training

Spring has finally decided to make an appearance :)

Our obedience class has been moved outside now, it is wonderful to be outside working !  It is also great for distractions for the dogs, lots of things to take their minds off of working :)
At our class on Tues. night Kort worked extremely well.  I have to say that he is getting much better knowing that I expect him to work, no gawking at other dogs or handlers.  It is awesome to be working with a dog who likes to work for me, even with all our challenges Kort has always tried his best.  He enjoys being with me & I think it shows.

On Wed. nights we have Agility class, we were off for 10 months so are trying to get back into shape...ok, I  am trying to get back into shape :)  Last night we worked on weave pole entries.  Kort is awesome when weaving with the poles my my left, but if the poles are on my right he misses the entry & has trouble popping out.  We worked on discrimination between two obstacles close together, threadles, & serpentines. Kort is doing well with serpentines, probably because my timing in better, I still have timing issues with the threadles but made some progress.

I am really busy, between training in 3 dog sports & then competing in the 3 venues as well.
This Sat. I am driving to Medicine Hat for the day to watch the Dog Show.
Then next weekend I am attending a 3 day Tracking seminar in Red Deer put on by Donna, my tracking instructor from Thunder Bay!!

Life would be pretty boring without my dogs!

Amanda took some pictures at our Obedience class on Tues. night.....

Calling into heel from a distance

In a sit stay

Beautiful Attention!

Happy Birthday to Kort!!

Today Kort is 5 years old!!! Wow!

We are going to Calgary for a Scenthurdle trial, what a great way for him to spend his day, with all his doggie & human friends.

I still think of him as a puppy, my baby boy. :)  He just doesn't seem to be mature to me, I'm not sure why!  Amanda says he is looking very mature these days, I just don't see it.

Kort is the first collie I've had that thinks the world revolves around me.  Tate is very independent, he can take me or leave me haha!  My other 2 collies, before Tate & Kort, loved me, but Kort worships the ground I walk on lol!  He is very much a mommas boy & that's ok with me.  He is always near me, he likes to snuggle right up against me, he makes me happy  ♥

Happy Birthday to my little Peanut!!

Oh My!

Purpose   of the EMG Scan...
 
To detect and identify abnormal function of the spine and muscles.  Abnormal spinal muscular function leads directly to abnormal nervous system imbalance. 

Surface Electromyography (EMG) scan ..... As the muscles are controlled by nerves, this scan measures how well the motor nerves are working by reading the amount of current or electrical conductivity found in the musculature. Any muscular imbalance or misalignment of the joints will cause a disturbance in the nerve, thereby causing an abnormal amount of electrical current flowing through your muscles which is recorded by the EMG device. Thermography..... The device measures the skin temperature adjacent to the spine. The skin is the largest organ of the body and the blood vessels under the skin work as the body’s thermostat. Like the body’s organs and glands, the blood in itself is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. Both sides of your spine should be at the same temperature when all is well. If the communication between the nervous system and the blood vessels are disturbed, it causes the body’s thermostat to malfunction, producing an imbalanced temperature reading along the spine. This thermal scan therefore monitors how the autonomic system of your body is doing and indirectly the associated organs at the various adjacent levels. I had this done a week ago , yesterday I got my results This is my spine, yikes!!! Green is Mild, Blue is Moderate, Red is Severe, & Black is off the charts bad :( I'm not sure what the white is but it shows that the subluxations in my spine are having an effect on my muscular system.  Both sides of the spine should be the same, without the pretty colours :) The spine houses all the nerves that control everything is the body, so if the nerve signals are interrupted then the body doesn't function properly, there is a chart of some of the things that could be affected when the spine is out....for instance I found it interesting that Chronic cough is under a category where I am having issues in my spine.  I have had a cough for 5 yrs that my Dr said was allergy asthma. I have begun my adjustments & will have another EMG done in one month & will post the results. I am not a full believer right now, I will wait to see how I feel in a month, for now I just know that I am willing to try anything as nothing else has worked. Also, it is not just adjustments that are involved.  Dr Helen has a wellness class that is mandatory to attend, as we all know, it is about the wellness of the entire body & mind that promotes healing within the body. Wish me luck!

Dad

Oct 2007

I haven't thought of my dad in awhile.  He passed away in July 2010 & as the years go by it gets easier, kinda.
Dad had Parkinson's & Dementia.  Both horrible & they go hand in hand.  When he was first put into a facility he was pretty advanced & it didn't take long before he couldn't speak anymore.  I left Thunder Bay in 2007 & by the time I went back a year later he was pretty bad :(

Yesterday I was in Safeway & an older man walked past me, I had to do a double take as he looked so much like my dad.  Same build, same balding head, glasses, he even dressed similar.  It hit me hard & I teared up, right in the isle way.  I really had to concentrate on snapping out of it or I would have actually started bawling right  there.
Later last night my sister posted on Facebook that she had just woken from a dream with my dad in it.  She cried & cried because it was so real.  When I told her I had also had a "dad" experience as well, she said that in the dream it was only herself & I who were talking.  So after nothing, both of us had an experience on the same day, just hours apart.
I wonder what dad is trying to tell us :)

I am always posting pictures of dad before he got sick but I'm going to post a couple when he was quite advanced.  This is my blog, my diary, I didn't post them before because I thought people would find them too awful..... but I don't care, this is dad, this is what the horrible disease did to him,  this is how I remember him & it sucks.  It doesn't bother me anymore to see them, enough time has passed, I just know I miss him.  He was a sensitive, generous, man who loved nature & birds.  I have gotten that from him, Debra as well.  Funny, we are the 2 that were "visited" by him yesterday .

Dad's Birthday, March 19 2010