She was doin' a training session with one of her dogs and was on an ATV (4-wheeler) when, after beginning to negotiate a turn, she was somehow thrown and landed on a rock. It was what I call a "freak accident" but none-the-less, this accident did serious damage. She broke her arm and it's so bad that she is having surgery this week wherein a rod will be inserted because the break was straight through and because of the manner of the fracture, there is no medical way to set it in a cast the normal, routine way. She is expecting a 7 - 14 day recovery time from surgery and then a 2 - 3 month healing process.
I feel badly about this incident because Karen is a woman that has worked so hard to get to the point wherein she is handling her own dogs in trials and truth-be-told, I personally have never met anyone that was so dedicated to learning everything she could about training and the self handling of her dogs as well as being totally focused on bringing her Tenessee Walker along so that he is now a great trial mount! She doesn't deserve this kind of bad luck especially in the way of a "freak accident" and had she not hit that rock, she would have more than likely walked away without a scratch!
So, for those of you who know/like Karen, please be praying for her as well as maybe sending her a note that will lift her spirits!
The Lady Upland Hunter, her trusty shotgun and her bird dogs!
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