Sad times

well today's training did not start of very good as some upsetting news came to our ears. Rex the German Shepard is in hospital, last night his stomach flipped causing bloat for no particular reason, his owners were very quick at recognizing that something was wrong and quickly rushed him of to the vets to have emergency surgery, he also had to have his spleen removed as there was something wrong with that as well. He made it through the night and was doing well this morning but the first 48 hours are critical. He will be out of action for quite a while and i missed the big black bear at training today, it felt very quite as there was not dog on guard barking at anyone or no dog to cuddle and make a fuss of. Instead i got lumbered with one of the teams jack Russel x Lhasa apso puppy as they were dog sitting it for a friend. she was so cute and her name was cookie, she was 10 months old. She loved cuddles and sitting on my tummy when i was lying down on the floor and then proceed to sit on my head as that was comfy for her apparently. we were at a lovely location today and were on top of a hill and could see for miles. The weather was mild today, not hot but then not cold, there was quite a lot of wind, so it was good searching weather. I done a couple of runs outs for jaffa and saber just to warm them up a little than spent the rest of my time watching the cars and looking after cookie and nursing my sore ankle which at the moment is killing me, but how can i rest it when i am running round being chased by puppies and having to retrieve cookie after she wanted to follow everyone who went out to search.