wrong kinda news for this week....

[goosebruce]

Yesterday I got a call from Janet K. Her dog wags had blown a knee last year, and just spent months in rehab over it. Worried about his other knee last week, a mutal friend had alerted me he was going to get checked (dr dave). Never hearing back, i called and left a msg for janet about wags. She called me next day and left a msg he was going to be fine, no worries just pushed him in prep for the grand this week. Everyone so busy getting ready, msgs & emails & texts seem to be as close to conversation as anyone has had lately. Yesterday I got a call midafternoon from janet. Werid time of day for her to call me, so I excused myself from the conversation I was in, and took the call. She asked if me and rowdy where ready to kill it, and I said yes. Then she cried as she said she'd be watching from home. Wags blew his other knee out, and very well may be thru for good.

Everyone knows what a big deal the grand is. Even people not in hrc. But Janet its even more. Shes one gal, with one dog, and she keeps playing (and working) grands year after year. Its the grand that brought her (and dozens of other wonderful people) into my life, and shes as aware of that as I am. Theres 2 people on this earth I think love the grand more than me. Ones Ernie Ister, and the other is Janet. Its not just a week long national event. Its what we do, and who we are.

Janet is spending a couple days with her daughter before she gets home, or even probably sees this. Its bad right now. It will be worst Saturday morning. If you never been in 3/4's of a mile long convoy of dog trucks on saturday morning starting the grand, you can't imagine what it is to be missing it. Last fall, because of health I couldn't go, neither could she. I was at southern flight, running dogs, with my friends, and wathcing a very important person and dog to me hit 1000 points, and got to see 150 people cheering for kids running dogs. And I still was hurting for what I was missing. I called her right there, from sat night at southern flight. Cause I knew if I was having that much fun, and being sad at the same time, it had to be awful to be at home. Guess my point of all this is, to let concearned people know, and to tell ya to be thinking about her saturday morning, cause thats when it'll be the worst. It'll take a big part of my grand away, but nothing like it will cause to her. travis

[SkippyJ]

Damn Travis, that sucks!!! Good luck in Georgia, and sorry to hear about Janet and Wags.

C.

[GulfCoast]

Really sorry to hear about Wags!

[Eddie]

sorry to hear about that and goog luck at the grand to all

[Doc & Nash]

Janet,

I hate to hear about Wags, You might not remember it but I ran him once as a test dog for you. It was when you and the group from Texas came to Southern Flight and you were judging. You needed a test dog so I ran Wags on that funky double double that ya'll had set up in the corn field in Crowder. Like I said it might not be a big deal but I was also running my dog Nash and I was so nervous I could not see straight. By you letting me run Wags as a test dog it gave me some amount of confidence. After all, if I could pick up all the chickens with a dog I have never seen before that time surlely I could pick them up with my own dog and not make to many DAH mistakes. Thanks,

Hope the ol "Choclate Godfather" aka "HMFiC of The Brown Dog Mafia" gets to feeling better.

Looks likek you are going to have to judge our fall test know just to get your annual dose of "Goose - Travolta Bruce"

[goosebruce]

Trey, shes planning to come, along with a truckload of texicans... just need a date. Can you get us the fall date? travis

[Doc & Nash]

I have the application at the house, BTW I need a Chairman and Sec to put on it.

Any suggestion or takers?

[4DUKHTN]

This is truely a sad story. When deciding if I was going to run the spring grand this year, this was one of the problems I faced. The "what if" situation. I talked to several people and even though he is a young dog, if he doesn't go and something happens, I would never forgive myself. So, I decided to let him go this spring and he might do well, might not do well, but one thing is for certain.. We would never know unless he went. People don't realize how close you can be to an animal. Heck Memfis is all my wife and I have. We can't have kids and love him like he is a child. If something like this happens we would all be sad also. This is my first grand and hope to go again....Just want him to be healthy and happy.

Hope Wags gets better....Travis that is a good story (I think that was a compliment.)

[Eddie]

Trey

you would be a very good one

[Lady Duck Hunter]

Oh, man, we just talked to her the other night!

Good luck to everybody that is going to the Grand.

[T-Bone]

Janet,
Sorry to hear about Wags.

Trey

you would be a very good one

I second that!!! all in favor say I...... IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

The "I's" have it, motion passed!

[jsherwin]

Janet,
I'm too sorry to hear about Wag's.
We will miss you in Georgia.

[Warren]

Sorry to hear that. I know more than anything she just wants her buddy to be ok. Hope wags gets better.