Woke up to cold temps again, getting SO TIRED of winter, especially since there was already a pretty good spring at home going on before we left! It didn't take us long to finish packing up and hitting the road, on our way to Rock Cut State Park, which is just off the freeway, just south of the Wisconsin-Illinois border. It's the closest horse camp I could find that would put us within easy range of the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, where the Midwest Horse Expo was being held. It was a very straightforward and uneventful drive (my favorite), and we arrived reasonably early at Rock Cut. The entrance to the campground was partially blocked off with barricades, but I had spoken with the office and they had assured me the campground was open. We squeezed through the barricades and got down to the campground, a nice looking campground, mostly open but surrounded by trees, no electricity, one central water spigot, and an RV dump, though I was told there was no water turned on because the forecast was still calling for a freeze. I got Apollo up on a highline (posts were provided, but no cables), and blanketed him because it had already started snowing by the time we started setting up, grrrrr! Got him settled, as well as the dogs on a line outside for a while. I have several plastic covered cables that seem to be the only thing little Dottie can't chew through in 30 seconds, so I've been running that through a couple of the tie-ups on the side of the trailer and letting them both hang out outside for awhile. It's so crowded inside the trailer, it's the only way they don't fight each other all the time, with us in the way! I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that we're going to have to re-home Dottie. She just needs so much training, and it's apparent I'm just never going to have the time to do it properly, and Lola is getting so territorial about her food (she was a rescue that had been starved before we got her) that she attacks Dottie for no reason, and Dottie is starting to learn the lesson of self-defense, and that will soon turn into aggressive behavior, which she doesn't deserve to become. She is so sweet, she just needs a family that has time for her, especially one with kids, she loves kids (what puppy doesn't?) I hate the thought of giving up on her, but I just don't see how I can do her justice. But that's a discussion for another day. After taking the dogs for a final walk, we got inside, got everyone to bed, and snuggled to keep warm against the snowfall that was going on outside. Hope we don't get stuck in the morning!
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