Category: Dylan

  • Tailwaggers #4

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    I still can’t muster any enthusiasm with hindsight for this show. I didn’t like the 2-runs-at-each-course format any better than I did 4 years ago when I last did it, it was still really boring. I’m not convinced it really made me improve my handling; I ran both courses better the second time (who didn’t?!)…

  • Clicker Training Monday

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    I don’t work on Mondays, so I’ve been making a point to find some time to do some clicker free-shaping with the dogs. I say dogs collectively, I actually mean Kim and Dylan. Mollie doesn’t understand clicker training. I can teach an old dog new tricks, but she was introduced to clicker training late in…

  • Chase

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    Kim believes in kicking my ass when we’re doing these chase-the-handler flyball runs. [singlepic id=339 w=320 h=240 float=none] It was a little too slippy underfoot for major improvements, but still some good stuff from Kim and Dylan. Dylan has started stuttering into the first hurdle again though, which is really irritating. I’m hoping it was…

  • Tactical Waits

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    Dylan and I are trying a new approach with waits. Or at least, I am. I haven’t outright told Dylan about it, it’s more of a sneaky tactic type thing. Dylan’s wait has gone right out of the window in the past 6 months, although he’s always had a shufflebum wait. I’m not very good…

  • Wandering

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    I feel like I should be posting something, but I really have very little to blog about at the moment! We are unexpectedly having January off from competitions (flyball and agility), which I’m not too bothered about; I had planned to take a month off somewhere, and January is as good as any! Also, it’s…

  • Flyball Training, New Year New Games

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    The guys were rocking flyball training today. We’d already arranged to do some Starter/Puppy training this morning, and Kim had long-since being volunteered as Stooge Dog, but our tournament tomorrow has unfortunately been cancelled. So the whole gang got to come and play! The Starters did very well, we still have a lot of work…

  • First Training of 2011

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    I did not stick to my well-thought out resolutions. The road to hell is paved with good intentions and all that. I had some lovely courses to work on that were well adaptable for all the different levels of the dogs, and would give Dylan some jump workouts and some Aframe practise, which were my…

  • Tailwaggers #3

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    I would quite like to just skip over recounting the morning classes, but I think it’s probably a good idea for me to try and remember exactly what I did wrong. Jet’s Primary Power and Speed was an ok course, a little tricky on the Speed section for Primary but certainly not beyond anything Jet…

  • 2010 Review: Dylan

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    Our 2010 goals. Dylan to win out of Primary Agility and Jumping Dylan to win out of Grade 3 Dylan to get his 10,000pts (Silver Award) in BFA flyball Dylan to get his Agility Warrant (Silver) award Dylan to get his BAD-Bronze (5 BAA class wins) We have definitely achieved 4/5 goals this year, and…

  • Reflection, Patience, 2010

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    I read back a lot of my blog from earlier in the year to write the dog’s 2010 reviews. It does make me smile quite a lot, sometimes. With hindsight, I shouldn’t have been so impatient with Dylan and I’s lingering in Grade 3. We were balancing on the edge of winning a class for…