Josh and Pete

On a happier note! Josh and Pete have been doing excellent at their first 2 trials of the year. Josh started the season off by running Pete at the Sundowner Stockdog Associations February trial. He was 4th to go in a field of 8 and finished the course with the highest amount of points. The last 3 competitors edged him out though and he finished a strong 4th. His best placing ever at the SSA trials. He and Pete were working great as a team.

The second trial he competed at was the Oklahoma Stockdog Association's Bar L Cattle Trial hosted by Yancy Paul. The trial was held in Lexington, OK on Yancy family ranch. The cattle were fresh, but worked nicely and the trial was a great success. Josh moved up to the Ranch class and finished 2nd place! I was so excited for him and Pete. Josh is currently leading the OSDA Series Championship points for the Ranch class. Keep up the good work boys!

Check out for full results for both trials:
http://www.sundownersstockdogassociation.com/
http://www.okstockdog.com/

The Blaze Drama

Blaze had issues with the sling rubbing and causing problems with his skin throughout the next 3 weeks while it was on, so I was thrilled to have it off. That is until he still wouldn't bear weight on it. We did x-rays again and the shoulder was still out of place. Potentially for the whole 3 weeks. Off to the orthopedic specialist we went. Blaze had to have surgery to pin and wire his shoulder back in place. He's been recovering for 4 weeks now and is getting around almost normal. We've been taking it slow with walks everyday gradually longer and longer. His muscle tone in the shoulder was completely atrophied, so muscle build up has been slow. Four more weeks and we should be able to return to work.

I'll try to keep this thing updated more often. Watch for posts on Blaze's progress!