Nobody can tell me that dogs don't experience emotions such as jealousy.  Luke has been proving this for the last few days and voicing his opinion loud and clear.

We lost Cody on Wednesday.  I spent the morning at the barn nursing Norman through gas colic and my mother called shortly after I got to my car.  She shared the news that we lost Cody that morning.  Apparently he wasn't doing well at all when they got up and my dad was planning on taking him to the vet later in the day (likely to say the final farewell).  Cody finally decided that his time here was done and passed on his own.  We all miss him....

Buddy was a bit freaked out by Cody's passing, so my dad brought him down to work with him Wednesday morning after tending to Cody.  Buddy has never had to be an "only dog" and isn't used to having to be alone, so we've decided it would be better for him to be around us.  He's taking quite fondly to his new position as assistant office mascott!

Luke has something to say about that, though.  While he's being very polite to Buddy and sharing his things, Luke is definitely sulking around the office these days.  He's been acting very needy as well, asking for petting & attention when he normally wouldn't.  I think he'll get over it soon enough, though.  He's actually doing better than I would have expected.  Maybe he understands the circumstances.

We have a trial this weekend and hopefully Luke will enjoy being the ONLY dog (with me) and decide to listen a bit better.  We are entering Elite for the first time in Regular & Tunnelers -- and will hopefully be able to do a move-up in Touch-n-Go on Sunday (crossing fingers!).  The motto of the weekend will have to be, "GET THOSE CONTACTS!"