Winter blues

Hershey's had a very low-key winter. We didn't go out to Ontario for Christmas, but instead had Chris' parents come to visit us out here. Hershey remembered them (from 12 months previous) which was great. She was really warm and playful with them. She got some great toys again, including some toys, cookies, and it was Hershey's turn to donate to charity this year, so she gave a donation to Misty Creek - a well-deserving cause!

After the holidays, we had some really cold weather so Hershey was home-bound for nearly 2 weeks. Then, when the weather finally turned in February, we went out on Family Day to enjoy the dog park, but within a few minutes of being there, she and a bigger dog got into a tiff, and ended up running away from the fight limping and crying... At first glance we thought she was okay but after a few more minutes we realized she had a big cut under her chin. The other dog has clearly bit her right in her bottom jaw, with a canine punching deeply into her chin. Clearly worried, we brought her back home, cleaned up the cut and put some antibiotic ointment and tried to keep her from stretching the cut open. We called the vet and they assured us that as long as the cut wasn't infected it should heel on its own. And it did, but she still has a little scar...

So, we've been taking it easy with Hersh... no dog park yet, though I'm sure that she'll be fine with other dogs. Carlen came to visit again a few weeks back; Hershey was more comfortable than in past visit. She even let Carlen pat her!

And on Saturday this past weekend, we all went on a day trip to Calgary (to pick up a lathe for Chris). She did great in the car, very patient and slept for most of the drive home. We drove right past Ponoka and Misty Creek... She enjoyed sniffing the farm air and even got to watch a pack of horses running in a field.

We will likely be going out much more this spring since we've started geocaching. It's fun for her since we get to go off-trail hiking, and we get a bit of a treasure hunt.