The Scare

A scary fall from the a-frame. 

Yesterday's standard course started tunnel, jump, jump, a-frame.  Shasta paused at the top of the a-frame as she has been doing some in shows.   This time she turned to look at me when she paused.   In turning, her left rear leg lost contact with the board and she fell from the top of the a-frame.  It was a very scary fall.  She was holding up her right rear leg momentarily.  I picked her up and held her for a bit and set her down gently to see if she could walk it off.  From that point forward, by some wonderful stroke of luck, we have not seen any more limping or soreness of any kind.  As I set her down, she ran and took a jump on the way out.

A friend was nice enough to give us her appointment with the massage person that was at the show.  She found a few slightly tight muscles in Shasta's back but nothing more than she would expect in any agility dog.  Last night we iced her a few times because there was no harm in doing so.  At one point last night she went a little nuts in the house, "butt-running" around, pouncing at the ball, bouncing off the sofa.  I tried to calm her but she got really wound up.  Did the massage make her feel "too good"?! 

Today, still no signs of any issues so we went ahead and ran her.  She ran a great jumpers run to start the day, good speed and no sign of issues.  Then came standard and I was, of course, pretty close to terrified to send her over the a-frame.  It was early again, the third obstacle, and she did it just fine, didn't even pause at the top today.  Whew!  Another glowing example of what has so far been a solid and resilient temperament.  No hesitation at all after the previous day's fall. 

We have an appointment with the chiropractor tomorrow, we are hoping for continued good and very fortunate news. 

Still very scared thinking of it.  Still extremely thankful that we might have escaped real trouble.