On Sunday, Alex took Bella to her first FastCAT competition. (CAT stands for Coursing Ability Test, not anything to do with cats, lol.) It's basically having your dog run as fast as possible for 100 yards. Since Bella loves running and chasing, it seemed like something she'd enjoy doing.

She... was not very good at it, lol. Sounds like she was mostly just distracted, in part because they had a technical difficulty right at the start of her first run, which delayed her for a few minutes, and by the time she could go, she was more excited to play with the person who was releasing her at the start line. (Alex was at the finish line.)


But she got participation ribbons, lol. (Picture from Alex.)


Bella continues to enjoy wildlife rehab shows. She was very charmed by a seal! (And Cy as a pillow.)


Summer "Berry Mad" Refresher, having had a nice caterpillar from my mom's garden. She is quite round.


I wanted a picture of Cy with his current favorite toy (a crinkly rainbow bagel). The way he was gnawing on it made his head look weirdly shaped, lol.


Here he is, looking a bit more proportional, laying on the bed.