Thanks Karen! I'm not looking forward to hearing myself though.

So Joyce basically said Zoee is "depressed" and wants a job to do. My problem with that is her issue she has when encountering other dogs. I would (and should) get her into training classes, but they are too expensive right now. But Karen was quick to bring up an article she had read about scent training. I read the article and remembered (DUH!) that my sister had a German Shepherd who did scent training. He was a retired police dog (had to retire young due to hip issues). So my sister knows exactly how to do this type of training. I know this weekend I will be on the phone with her getting all kinds of tips on this.

Joyce said that Zoee is bored....not necessarily depressed. Depressed would be the human characteristic to compare it too.

So I am going to make a point of working with Zoee each day one-on-one. She likes to be in charge and be active. So Taggart will have to sit in the house and watch out the window. We can get her back into frisbee. That was an activity Bruce used to love doing with her. We haven't kept up on it because Taggart would always just take the frisbee from her and she would just let him and go lay down. So I am going to see if Bruce will work with me on this and take a break or two during the day for some Zoee frisbee time.

I will have to find an activity for Taggart too. I am one of those people that has to be "fair" with the dogs. Not that they know the difference...but I do. LOL

Karen, please fill anything I might have forgotten. My head is spinning right now with all kinds of ideas so I probably forgot somethings.

Once my finances get back in order (after I get my surgery paid off for the most part) Zoee will be going to the vet to have her leg looked at more in depth. She is going to have to have an xray or something....pricey!! Trust me, if her leg was slowing her down at all she'd be at the vet right now. But she still runs full speed all the time. She isn't sensitive when I touch/rub the leg either.

Thanks again Karen. That was just a neat experience and lots of fun!