Poor Dakota

She has been abandoned by her human mom, ME! I've had a really bad flu for almost two weeks and have hardly been able to see her. She definitely seems to miss me and the attention (and the grass) I give her. Today I'm starting to feel more like I'm getting well, so I hope to take her for a short walk and play with her a bit more than I've been able to. We had a nice rhythm going, training and walks in the morning, grooming, handling of feet, then just hanging out, eating grass, spending time together in the evenings. I hope I can get back to that. Harder too now that the weather is cooling rapidly. There is snow in the mountains around Ashland and it's been cold in the mornings and evenings. Dakota has her woolly winter coat, which is good.