I'm very new at this blog thing, but here goes. One of my two pictures so far is of Wishbone. He's almost ten years old and now is totally blind due to a disease called GME (granulomatusmeningoencephalytis), which attacked his ocular system. He was diagnosed about 4 1/2 years ago and thanks to Dr. Lance Blackburn at All Creatures Pet Hospital (who suspected that this disease was what was going on with Wishbone) and also thanks to the veterinary staff at the University of Missouri at Columbia, especailly Dr. Gia Klaus. This disease commonly attacks the central nervous system of a dog and they usually pass away within a few days. Wishbone gets chemotherapy treatments every three weeks and takes a low maintenance dose of prednisolone and remains a healthy and happy boy! His new little sister, Chesney came home with me from HorseFest last spring. She is quite a girl! She loves everybody and loves to have fun! She tackles all her cats at home and believes that someday Wishbone really will want to play with her. He doesn't mind her too much, but draws the line when she gets too insistent. Chesney has gone through a beginner's obedience class and began her first course of agility last fall. She really has fun with that and cannot wait until it starts up again. She has some dog friends who have agility equipment at their house and jsut went over to play last weekend. I'll get some pictures of that playday up soon.