Life is all about decisions...

It's true. Life is all about decisions we have to make every day of our lives. There are easy ones and difficult ones, but it is never just that black and white. I've had to make some decisions lately that have left me questioning myself and the validity of those decisions. One of them is ending the boys' AKC agility careers when that is the most prominent venue in the area. I have to travel to do anything else. I didn't realize just how much I would miss trial weekends until I haven't gotten to do very many. In truth, it is a financial decision as much as anything else. I can no longer afford to trial every weekend and since I must travel for USDAA and CPE, something had to give.

Decisions are in every part of our life. From what to have for breakfast each day, to how much money to put away for a rainy day. Another of my decisions has been to wait to have a puppy out of Seeker. My house is in balance now and adding a puppy with having 2 senior dogs with medical issues that don't have a tolerance for puppies is just a bad idea. But it doesn't stop me from continuing my search for the right bitch to either buy or lease to breed him to for my eventual pick.

 

Seeker is an exceptional example of the breed, in my opinion. He has everything I want in a working bred Border Collie. Yes, I am rather biased, but having lived with this dog for over 6 years, and after seeing his puppies born and grow, I have every reason in the world to be enamored of him. He is exactly what I want and SOMEDAY, I will have a son from him to carry on his wonderful legacy. So I wait until the time is right. Patience is not one of my strengths. I am not the only one that needs patience as I have a waiting list of people wanting one of Seeker's puppies. We all have to be patient. It isn't easy.

 

Decisions are never easy when they are really about something you want, but it is a necessary part of our lives. Until the right time comes, it is back to my existing life and making all those day to day decisions necessary.