Bye-bye to Lily's amazing Paco leash.
Scout had an anxiety attack while I was volunteering at the tracking test on Sunday and ate all every bit of it except the square inch the handle rivet was on.
She barfed up all the shreds of it last night and this afternoon... only part not accounted for is the bolt snap... hopefully it passes. I couldn't find it anywhere so she must've eaten it. If she barfs again tomorrow I'll talk to them about whether we need to xray or not. When I talked to them last night they just said to keep an eye on her.
I know exactly what triggers were stacked to cause it... but sometimes humans have to go do things in the world! I would've taken them, but Scout would have barked like an asshole the whole time in the crate because reactive plug frustration at not being the one working, so... yeah.
Lily was so disgusted. Just the stink eye she gave Scout, omg... Super good girl needs a solo run when I can arrange someone to sit with Scout.
Also smart dog is smart. We worked on scent article discrimination this morning and Lily aced everything I threw at her.
We couldn't afford entry this time, but we are so going to ace our TD in April if we're lucky enough to get a spot. There are only going to be two spots next time as its mostly TDX's so if the people who passed this time want to go on.
I hope I can afford to take advantage of Paco's black friday sale. Sigh, alas probably going to vet bills.
Even if she does okay passing the bolt snap (fingers super duper crossed we don't have to do surgery!!), I want to try a 3-4 month stint on a medium dose of clomipramine to see what happens. I didn't notice any pros or cons to it last time, but it was a very low dose. Everything else I have in place works really well. Not happy the fact that I did notice higher stress/anxiety when I had to go back to grain free kibble from raw, but kinda not something that could be helped. At least she hasn't had any overt digestion issues, just seems more wired and anxious on kibble.
Whew!