Category: Dylan

  • Mid Week Philosophies

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    Feels like it’s been a slow week. Training went well on Tuesday, and I continued to try and make a bigger point of properly rewarding Dylan. This is such a basic thing, but because Dylan is always happy to continue after a quick toy-throw or verbal positive reinforcement, I get lazy. Kim would not let…

  • October Rotherdrax Flyball

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    I am already regretting entering anything over the winter. I always forget about the cold, and the dark, and the cold. Kim was running with the second team, Hawk, and after a small series of minor disasters our lovely 5-dog team was down to an equally-lovely but slightly unpredictable 4 dog team. Kim and Brooke…

  • Full Circle

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    After last week’s bad training session, we had a great time this week. We had a fun set up for courses that involved a tight boxwork section, which then opened out into a huge loop of weaves-tunnel-jump-long jump. Made for lots of running! Both Dylan and I really enjoyed it, and we got a lot…

  • Roundabouts: Heelwork and Not Listening

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    [singlepic id=317 w=320 h=240 float=none] Really struggled with Dylan at agility training this week, he was running well but was making baby mistakes that I knew were my fault. I got frustrated with myself, Dylan started getting giddy and started just to take whatever obstacle he fancied, sometimes multiple times, until he remembered that I…

  • Winter Agility Season

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    I know I’m lucky to have good, competitive shows at KC and BAA within travelling distance all year round. It’s got better and better every year, and this year I’m actually getting to pick and choose which shows we go to! We’re at Hare’n’Hounds next time because I love their shows, they always have a…

  • Lune Valley

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    I’m cautiously optimistic about saying that Dylan really likes working indoors. His runs at Lune were all smooth, fast and – at the end – slightly bonkers. I’m happy to roll with this! I’m normally at South Durham this weekend, but the classes weren’t as nice for Grade 4 dogs, and I’m not a huge…

  • Redcar Flyball

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    The girls ran well, we broke our seed time again and clocked a 20.15 in the afternoon. Mollie was slightly off her normal form, I think Saturday took her edge away. She gets so excited and then exhausts herself by getting all wound up and silly when she’s not running. She and Kim still ran…

  • Quiet Weeks

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    My computer unexpectedly died late last week, and it doesn’t look like we can get it looked at until the end of the month. I’m hoping that we’ll at least be able to recover the hundreds of photos and videos I had on the hard drive of the dogs, but I’m feeling a little disheartened…

  • Bouncing out of Grade 4 at Ribble

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    Ribble was such a nice show! So relaxed and lovely courses from the judges, just really nice. Obviously a bit of a busy weekend nationally, I know people who were at Easington, Bromsgrove and somewhere in Wales?! Thankfully we were indoors, unlike all those other people, and a good job too because it rained all…

  • Bakewell Flyball

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    Back at Bakewell; for a showground I hadn’t visited before this year, I seem to have spent a lot of time there this summer! It was lovely this weekend, masses and masses of empty space for the exercise area. We had a bit of a disaster leading up to the tournament when two dogs came…