Ezzie and Bear, together again.

Ezzie and I traveled out of town this past few days for a conference.  We stayed with a friend that has a five month old female puppy, Juno.  The dogs hit it off right away and had a great time playing and socializing.  They were both matched fairly close in size.

I had a little scare with Ezzie while we were in Bismarck.  The first night we stayed, she had a terrible time trying to sleep.  She woke up around three in the morning, panting, clearly uncomfortable, and inconsolable.  She tossed and turned in her crate.  I took her outside for a while and walking around seemed to help a bit.  When I brought her back in, I let her sleep in bed with me and tried to calm her down by petting her and talking to her.  She continued to pant and whine.  She finally collapsed from exhaustion after an hour or so and slept for a while.  Of course, I was also on Google researching all sorts of unmentionable and terrible things that could be wrong with her.  Not to worry, she was just fine when she woke up a couple hours later at 5:30am!

I called Cassie to see if she had ever experienced this type of behavior with Ezzie's mom, siblings, or other dogs.  She recognized it right way...gas pain!  Of course, it all made sense!  The first thing Ezzie did when she got to Juno's house was eat all his food.  Gah!  My poor baby pup!  I felt terrible for letting her get to the food.  No more sharing dinner with a friend for her!

Notwithstanding her misadventures in food thievery, I'm pretty sure she had a good time.  Juno was a lot of fun, but she plays more like a wrestler than a dog. 

The reunion between Ezzie and Bear was priceless and I sure wish I would have had the video recorder on.  Bear was outside when Ezzie and I got home.  We walked out on to the deck and saw Bear way across the yard, looking at the neighbors' dogs.  When he turned and saw his Ezzie was home, he busted into a sprint and ran like a speeding bullet.  They met each other halfway and broke into happy rolls, tugs and snuggles.  It was very cute!

Today Ezzie and Bear played while we got the leaves raked.  And holy cow were there a lot of leaves.  I wouldn't trade the trees for the world, but fall clean-up is not my favorite time of year.

This afternoon we went and checked out the agility trials at the canine club.  I can't wait until Ezzie and Bear can start working on agility!  The dogs all seemed like they were having so much fun.  There's no doubt in my mind that Ezzie will excel at agility - she's an airdog.  Bear loves to do anything Ezzie is doing, so I'm sure he'll get by just fine too.