Category: Dylan

  • Hare'n'Hounds Easter 2011

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    Theme for the weekend? 12 weaves, in every single class. The judges obviously got way too excited about being able to fit 12 weaves in a course again and used them all the time. I love me some weaves but sometimes it’s nice to do a class that doesn’t involved 12 of them. There are…

  • Happy Birthday Dyl

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    [singlepic id=323 w=320 h=240 float=none] Dylan is five years old today. I really am going to have to stop calling him my baby dog now. I don’t say how much this little man means to me often enough. He’s the most honest and forgiving dog I will ever own, he’s has so much heart and…

  • Busy Busy

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    Seesaw work this week. Some improvement but I have a list of things still left to work on. I’ve also been working on introducing tighter turns, ala Silvia Trkman. We’ve done lots of work at home (and on walks, etc etc) but Dyl actually had a lot of the basic skills already, it was just…

  • Winter Season Review

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    I spent a couple of hours on Monday reviewing the videos from the weekend, as I always do, but also reviewing the videos from the winter series as a whole. That’s why it took me a couple of hours rather than the usual 15mins. Huge thank yous to my lovely mother for standing and filming…

  • Tailwaggers #5 April

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    Bit of a hit and miss day! I made some silly handling errors all day, my personal mental management was way off. I looked after the dogs and worked them around the courses, but I made some handling decisions that I really shouldn’t have. Dylan is always very forgiving and bailed me out a couple…

  • HnH April Fool – Go Jetset!

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    Superstar Jet gets first billing this time. She had a fantastic first run on a tricky Grade 3 course and nailed it, lovely fast weaves and just a really cracking run. She won by a nose, a 1st and so into Grade 4! She went clear in the Redmills Open Jumping, and finished up 18th.…

  • Back at Drax

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    It’s been a while since we last flyballed, and much longer since we were running on grass, let alone at Drax! Kim was back in Division 6 and the second team, where she belongs! We had hoped to take a strong 5-dog team but unpredictable entire bitches coming into season meant our fifth dog was…

  • Tug Drive

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    I’ve been working hard on Dylan’s tug drive and ball obsession since the Rocket Relay seminar. Not making huge progress on the ball obsession, but it’s getting better. I’m finding it a little difficult at the moment as I’ve got a 6ft square to work in and it’s a bit tight! A couple of times,…

  • Gap Farm February 11

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    Excellent flyballing, some very good racing. Dylan was on brilliant form, the specialised training we’ve been doing recently has been hugely and noticably beneficial for him and a few of the other dogs. It was very cool to see real results so quickly! His boxturn wasn’t brilliant, he is coming away much sharper now rather…

  • Hare'n'Hounds Valentines

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    I seem to remember saying back in November that I wouldn’t run three dogs again. Well, I did, and it was better – either because I was prepared for the chaos, or because everything just ran more smoothly! Kim ran her G4-7 Agility first, had a lovely run on an interesting course, and won it.…