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Cooter – Broken Dreams
Broken Dreams
As children bring their broken toys
with tears for us to mend.
I brought my broken dreams to God because he was my friend.
But then instead of leaving him
in peace to work alone, I hung-around and tried to help with ways that were my own. At last I snatched them back and cried,
“How could you be so slow”
“Mychild,” He said “What could I do? You never did let go.”
With Sand Spring Chesapeakes that started back in 2000 we had a lot of dreams in our breeding program. All was going well until 2019 litter with the female we kept (Gertie) to carry on our legacy. She didn’t pass her health clearances so we kept Shank and then she didn’t pass her health clearances, mind you we only had Guilty as our female to breed and she was on her last litter in 2021 then she passed away in 2022. We needed to start over. And you know to start over you need time to wait until your pup is old enough to go through the clearances and titles. We got Cooter to hopefully carry on. She turned two on Feb 21. Feb 25 I took her in for her OFA hips and elbows. Our dreams came to a screeching halt as she was diagnosed with moderate hip dysplasia in one hip. To say I was shocked and heartbroken is an understatement. The Same goes for the breeder we got her from. We didn’t expect this at all. We do the proper clearances, match up the dogs and hope for the best. Genetics is a crap shoot and you do all the right things and sometimes it’s not enough. So for Sand Spring we are collecting pets as Cooter will stay with us because she is a love and her place is now a therapy dog and hunting dog. We will focus on Snapper and hope for the best with her and have her break this unlucky cycle we seem we can’t break free of.
Here’s to not letting go of our dreams and carrying on!
Cooter’s Therapy Visit
Today Cooter showed me her calling. We went to visit Kriss, Cooter walked so good on her leash, looked in each room we went past to hear if she got invited in. We visited Marge’s room and Marge likes it when the pooches come in bed with her. Cooter crawled up in bed and laid with her for a while. It was the highlight of her morning. She then visited a man who normally doesn’t talk to anyone, and he had a good conversation with her. Making smiles in each room.
Happy 2nd Birthday Cooter
Happy 2nd Birthday to Cooter and all her 11 littermates. Hope you all have a great day.
Fun With ChatGPT Caricatures
I used ChatGPT to make some Caricatures of the Sand Spring gang. I like how they turned out. Fun to see what AI does.
Make a caricature of my Chesapeake Bay Retriever, registered name is bear creek redeem sand spring, call name Shank. Her father is Slammer, she has nun ears and is blind. This is what it came up with:
Cooter’s Therapy Dog Novice Title
On August 25th Cooter received her Therapy Dog Novice Title for having 10 pet therapy visits.
Cooter Junior Hunter Title
Cooter cooter chicken tooter passed two more junior hunter tests today for her title at WISAM hunt test in Horicon. Thanks to the judges, workers and volunteers that helped put on two great days.
Cooter 2 AKC Junior Hunter Passes
UCH Snow Prairie Crazy Cooter Comin Atcha Sand Spring CGCA CGCU FTN FDC TKN received two AKC Junior passes today at West Allis Training Kennel Clubs double junior. Thanks to the judges and club for hosting the event.
Cooters CGCA and CGCU Titles
On July 3rd Cooter received her AKC Canine Good Citizen Advanced and Urban title.
Cooter AKC Fetch Intermediate and Farm Dog Certified Titles
Cooter wasn’t having it with the pictures after a hot morning of running a Fetch Intermediate test which she passed and running two Farm Dog Certified tests pending AKC approval for her titles in each venue. Thanks to the judges and the Scent Work club of Central Wisconsin for hosting these tests. Thanks to the volunteers for their help. She is now UCH Snow Prairies Crazy Cooter Comin Atcha Sand Spring CGC TKN FTN FDC
