VBBA Almost Spring Celebration
It was a beautiful warm sunny day. The first day of Spring. Members descended on Lilydale Lake for the Club’s Spring event. The event clashed with Fathers Day but in true Club spirit many of our members thought spending the day with their Basenjis and other club friends was more exciting than with their ‘other family’. In fact 22 humans with 12 Basenjis were present including 6 children all eager for the trek around the lake.
The lake and park are magnificent and we all thoroughly enjoyed the walk. Once back at ‘base camp’ where we had left crates and food etc. We set up for a BBQ lunch. Whilst the BBQ food was cooking discussion about seizures was of interest. Several members had oldies that for old age or other health reasons had some form of seizure. Members discovered that a seizure can take several different forms but with several common outcomes. Members were given a briefing on:
- The recovery position
- Keeping the airway open
- A method of helping to stop the seizure after it starts
- Keeping oneself as calm as possible
- The after effect
- Dietary sumpliements known to assist with the prevention of seizures
- Vetertinary support and drugs to combat siezures
This attractive and popular lake is a shallow (2 to 2.5m deep) flood-retarding basin located on Olinda Creek, south of Lilydale. The Lilydale Lake and Park were officially opened to the public in July 1990. The Park covers an area of over 100 hectares.