Happy 3rd Birthday, Tori

Crazy work deadlines and a lingering internet-connection issue with my main computer have hampered my plan to create another cute birthday tribute video for Tori’s third birthday (which was Sunday). Instead, please enjoy these cute photos from our birthday celebrations. A few other news items also below.

I asked Tor to scoot closer to Clover, and this is what I got. Ha ha

Birthdays are exhausting!

Car-sickness update. The good news is that Tori now seems to do okay (with help of 2 meds) for the drive down our steep and winding canyon to get to town, but she still often barfs when we drive back home later — no matter how long we are in town, on solid ground, etc.

NEWS !! We’re taking Tori and Clover both to a tricks class this long holiday weekend, where we hope they will both earn their FIRST titles (novice trick dog). Tori is going to stay for the regular agility class that Clover and I do each week. It will be REALLY interesting to see if she can focus enough to do agility in a class (in front of people and other dogs) like that.

Because of her extreme car-sickness, she is not as well socialized as Clover is, and she just hasn’t gotten out as much. She barked a little at times during my recent (rescheduled) birthday party / hike, but otherwise, she did really well.

To combat the tummy trouble Tori has on the drive home, we plan to dose her again with meds before we head back up the canyon. Fingers crossed that it works!