Sunday January 16

Beautiful day! Sunny, cool this morning (about 28, but no wind, feels much warmer) temps up in 50's by noon! Morning run, (dogs in kennels as it didnt get that cold last night), husband lets them out while I get tractor (mower battery still dead), he goes halfway down hill on foot, throwing blue toy for Corey and Snoopy ... I take over, finish run with a short game of fetch by woods, back to trailer to get food, joined by little Mattie for breakfast ... feed and kennel, off to church (earlier as i have refreshments) ... return, DB and Banshee greet me at gate, Corey and Snoopy inside, husband has just given them a run ... unpack car, then lay down a bit, then up for lunch, mid day run, gosh its beautiful out! but am really tired (hope I'm not coming down with something, people are dropping like flies from various viruses and flu) ... Corey inside, brush him, while clipping nails notice one nail bed is inflamed and swollen ... uh oh. Clean with antibiotic lotion, but I dont like the way it looks. Back out for afternoon run, out for an hour or more, Corey spots a truck going down the road hauling ... a cow! He takes off like a shot, outrunning the truck, gets to fence and stands, his front legs propped on top of fence, barking wildly, the other dogs rush after him, cant figure out what's wrong ... Corey rushes back to me, barking, all a quiver (his hair is actually standing on end, he practically vibrates with energy, you can practically hear him yelling 'looK! look! a cow! Did you SEE that?? A COW!!!) ... for some reason, he is totally entranced with cows... horses, goats, even deer dont rev him up, but cows .... after this excitement, back inside to fix their food and relax a minute ... lay down on couch to read, fall asleep ... ack! its almost nightfall. Take them out for one last run, feed and kennel.