September 2011

Not much happened in the way of visits this month. Rissa turned 13 on the 29th. 2 weeks before we had a visit to the emergency vet - Rissa had an abscess in her mouth - her first illness! 2 weeks of antibiotics have ended - she was her old self after 2 days and continues to run and play and retrieve! I was on a team this month that won 50K for a lab rescue from the Pepsi refresh project. Many hours of collecting yellow Pepsi caps and entering codes this month - all paid off and we placed #1 out of 354 groups in the 50K rank.

Bark for Life walk

Jillian and I were the top fund raisers at the event today! Got a cute gift bag, Petco gift card, bandana and T shirt... Best snap of her with bag - she had her eyes closed. It was quite hot after the walk. Picture of her in front of our Dog Scout info table.

more pics from 8/21/11

Sunday visit to Cedarwoods Kennels

I took the girlz back to their original home for a visit and family photos. Rissa's grand daughter Lily had a litter with Timber's son Ivan. Friend Colleen was able to come to Bradford, Maine and take some pictures. Here's a few snaps I took and will have more once Colleen edits her snaps! We had wanted to get a 4 generation picture on Rissa's side - unfortunately her daughter died 2 days before we visited (complications of Lyme disease). The girlz got to swim and run around the grounds at the kennel.

Bark for Life

We will be walking in the Bark for Life jaunt on August 27th. This is for the American Cancer Society and it is the first Bark event for them in Maine. Nice it happens right here on MDI!

August 5th

A group of us that have READer dogs went to Swan's Island to do a program for the kids as a celebration of opening their new library after fire destroyed it 3 years ago. Jillian did fab on the ferry and with all the kids. She is so sweet and everyone loves her soft ears.

therapy ball

Rissa and the others have started a pet therapy ball exercise program to help keep their core and leg muscles strong as they age.