30.07.15

morning run:
Posey
Eve
Godzilla
Reggie
Xmul
Mega
Steve McQueen
Murci
Cookie
(9)

Northern loop: ~8k. We left a bit late and it was hot when there wasn't a breeze, but at least there weren't any bugs. We took a strange route today, north via the blue.bag trail, east into the monte at the Au Soleil Couchant crossroads, south to the swimming hole, across the berm and then back to the swimming hole via the bag.end crossing and finally to the beach and home via the shortcut. Somewhere around kilometer 5 or so I noticed Reggie had a wound on his left side, a gash that looked like it might've been from barbed wire. He is a nut and has no idea how huge he is (our biggest dog); he's also incredibly stoic. It wasn't bleeding and it was hot so I decided to go to the beach, thinking I could at least let him cool down in the shallows; to my amazement he jumped all the way into the water and swam like a little dolphin despite the wound. It must've hurt but he didn't seem to notice. We got home without incident and took care of his wound... who knows how he did it. We prepped him and Roni put two stitches into him. We couldn't have gotten him to the vet any quicker (100km away) and Dra. Sandra has told us a few times now that she's sure we can do stuff like that if we need to. It isn't our favorite activity but we have to be prepared for things like that. Murci and Posey got put on leashes coming home when they turned off their ears to chase a rabbit; they had no chance but I don't like being ignored. Otherwise they were all perfect and had a great time.
GRADE: A