The Daily Q: Groomed

I have been feeling a bit left out — I have not watched Tiger King, I don’t drink alcohol, and I cannot find yeast to bake bread.

But the other thing people seem to be doing is grooming their dogs — that I can do! And so yesterday I jumped into the Pandemic Activity Pool and gave baths to all four dogs.

Harper B is now 8.5 years young and doing just fine. She and her niece, Daisy, are BFF’s. It is interesting to see the family similarities and especially in their happy, friendly temperaments. I love knowing the many good things about Harper can carry on through Daisy.

Harper B for Beautiful

I like this photo of Sparkle, although it makes her eyes look light and they really aren’t so please ignore that part. Sparkle is also doing well — do you realize that Sparkle will be SEVEN in June?! How did that happen??

Sparkle Always.

There is so much to love about Miss Daisy. I am disappointed she will not have a chance to shine this year in the performance rings because she is ready — and she is good. Oh well. The path detoured and maybe that will be okay.

Daisy Rey

This is Claire and Sparkle — I love fluffy, clean dogs. You can see that Claire is significantly bigger than her mom, and yes — she is sporting her unicorn horn these days. I want it to grow enough for a bow.

Sparkle and Claire (aka Moose)

I just can’t do Tiger King and without yeast readily available, I may need to make a sourdough starter — or start grooming the cats. Bread seems safer.

Happy Sunday to you and yours.

THAT Was Quite the Week

Dear Daughter had surgery on Monday and we spent two nights in the hospital — the staff celebrated, I am sure, when I was safely gone. #momster

While we were watching The Secret Life of Pets one evening, all hell broke loose — the NBA shut down, all toilet paper vanished from stores, and Tom Hanks has Covid-19?! Watching this pandemic unfold from Dear Daughter’s kitchen table was quite something.

Sparkle preferred to watch from under the table.

Yes, Dear Daughter has a rescue Newfie! He makes Sparkle look micro.

And speaking of Sparkle — picky eating was the warning shot. A Berner that doesn’t eat well is never good news.

We drove from Utah directly to our vet last night and as suspected, Sparkle had Pyometra and was in surgery 90 minutes later.

Yep. Surgery for the dog and the daughter in the same week.

Dear Daughter is doing quite well…

Someone requested more photos…

And Sparkle is recovering well at home, and dreaming about HER gift box…

And because all that was not enough, I gave a presentation this morning at a conference — remotely because I am practicing social distancing.

Are you?

Uh Oh! Six Foot Social Distance Bubble Violation!

The Kindness of a Dog

I am actually on my way to Utah to spend a few days with Dear Daughter (she is having surgery today) but came through Boise for a quick visit.

Sparkle — these photos do her justice.