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This is a picture of Emme's father, Brutus, when he won a championship.

Everyday Emme seems perkier and more herself. She is eating well and sleeping through the night with no problem. The vet sent her home with pain medicine. We gave it to her the first night, but she hasn’t seemed to need it since. Watching her activity level is a challenge. She gets more active each day. She is jumping up on the couch and down again. The first time she did it, we tried to grab for her, but she was too fast and suffered no ill effects. She jumps up and down several times a day. She also is running around playing with toys. When she gets a little too active, we try to distract her, but I think that she is feeling well and isn’t being hurt by the activity.

We all went for a ride in the car today to North Canton to my dentist. I had the last appointment for my replacement bridge this morning. Both the dogs were fine in the car: both slept most of the time we were traveling. They are both good car travelers and a pleasure to take with us. When we went into Borders for a celebratory cup of coffee, Emme stayed in her crate in the back of Ken’s car and Rudy stayed on the back seat. They both seem comfortable being left in the car. Of course we only do it when the temperature is appropriate: we don’t want to cook them in the sun. This works well for us in the fall and winter.

She is sitting on my lap as I write this. She licks the keyboard and pushes the space bar. I think this is enough of an entry for today.