Empingham 2013
Rio is getting her own post about this show later! Dylan’s chiro treatment last week seems to have worked, because he was back to ‘normal’ this time! We weren’t particularly successful in terms of results, but he was working much…
Demolitian Derby
Rio was utterly wild at training this week. Since we have a lot of people on holiday at the moment, our final session was very quiet, so I brought Rio and Dylan down to the arena at the same time.…
Melting Hot
There were times when I didn’t think I’d ever say this, but it is nice to be back to flyball! Dylan and Rio have done their first power jumping session at our new venue, and both looked good! I wasn’t…
UKA Dig It July 2013 – Rio's debut!
Baby dog is all grown up! Actually, she’s very much not, which is why I’m taking things so slowly. Rio is an absolute puppy still! I am very happy with how she did in her classes. She held her wait,…
Beach Trip
This is actually from a few weeks ago, oops! Before we got Daisy, we decided to take advantage of the good weather and take Rio on her first beach trip, ostensibly to teach her to swim. Hunmanby’s always good for…
Small Dog is Small
Daisy is settling in well. She is very much like an 8 week old puppy in some ways, rather than 8 month. There is so much she has never learnt, even very simple things like walking on a lead. She…
A Lune Valley Summer Sunday
My last show with just one dog to run, at least for a while! We only had one clear round, in the second G6-7 Jumping. No idea what our time was or if we got placed, it was still running…
Timely Thoughts
Denise Fenzi has a timely article up on motivators and motivation, which has left me thoughtful. This is a somewhat tangential post. Rio worked well for treats at our extra session at the arena this week, but she wasn’t fully…
Big Steps
Big steps in both directions with Ri this week at training. Backwards and forwards we go! Firstly, her tug drive has really diminished. It has been frustrating since she has always had tons of tug drive, but after her season…
Hello Daisy
We have officially added one to our terrier quota. Daisy is my lovely mother’s new dog. She’s from Hope Rescue and is 8 months old. She was originally bought as a Christmas present for an 80+ yr old lady, who…