Wed., May 18, 2011 - Another fabulous performance weekend and chemo

The beginning of May, we went to Utah for agility and obedience.  The first day of the trial, Hardee finished an obedience title by qualifying, with a 1st place, in Open A obedience.  Also the same day, with his obedience competition in between his runs, Hardee ran agility and qualifed in both of his runs for his 16th QQ towards his MACH (Master Agility Champion).  The next days, he also got his 17th and 18th QQs (out of the 20 QQs that he needs).  Historically, we haven't had the greatest luck in Utah, but this was a once in a lifetime fabulous trial result, and we were very pleased!  It was chilly there, but beautiful.

Also, what made the trip to Utah so wonderful was that I met up with a couple of old friends.  One from my growing up days, and it was a pleasure to see her again.  She loves dogs also, and she loved meeting Hardee in person, instead of just reading about him.  I hope to see her again sometime soon!  I also had another friend come out and watch Hardee's obedience competition and watch him run agility.  She cheered us on, and stayed the whole day, waiting for Hardee's turns to come up.  Cathy and her husband came back out on Sunday to watch a little more agility.  It was good to see her again too!

Currently, Hardee is doing good.  We are having a little bit of drainage problems from his nose, but nothing that we can't handle.  We are reviewing different options to see if we can somehow slow down the amount of drainage.  I had a long talk with Dr P (radiation oncologist) about a couple things, and he has renewed my optimism about Hardee's near future.

This past Monday, Hardee had I.V. chemo again.  It was carboplatin again, and I was a little nervous since the last time HH had carboplatin he had a reaction.  I premedicated him in the parking lot before I brought him inside the oncologists for chemo.  We've had a couple problems, but once again, nothing that we can't handle.

For us, it's agility, agility, and more agility.  Water practice has started, but we are waiting for it to warm up more before we take Hardee to the lake.  Until then, it is all about joy and all about Hardee!  You know we wouldn't have it any other way.