Category: Dylan

  • Gap Farm Flyball

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    The All-New Singing-Dancing Matting: Was good. It’s like yoga matting, kind of. Very grippy, no slipping, very nice. My only complaint was that I’m not sure it works all that well on sand/equestrian surface. It was very “dead”; there was plenty of give but there was very little bounce back. It didn’t seem to affect…

  • Dylan's Jumping Part 2

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    I take back what I said. It is pretty clear to me that as a rule, Dylan jumps with his hind legs tucked under him. I’m not sure this has gotten any worse since he’s started competing, and I’m not sure it’s a physical limitation or injury. I spent a lot of time after posting…

  • Dylan's Jumping

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    There’s always something. Dylan’s weaves are good right now, his seesaw is fast and although his dogwalk and aframe still need more work, they’ve improved. But now … jumping. This has been bothering me for a long time, actually, but I haven’t been quite sure where to start, or even whether it’s just me seeing…

  • EMDAC Winter 01

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    EMDAC were the only people in the country yesterday not to cancel their show because of the snow. Which seemed like an excellent plan to me, until 7:30 in the morning when we were skidding wildly on the A1 in blizzard like conditions. The A1 was almost completely covered and the road to the venue…

  • Horizon: Can my dogs be as clever as Betsy?

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    The short answer is no. The long answer is … kind of. Betsy is a Border Collie. She knows over 340 words, and when shown a toy, can go and fetch an identical toy from another room. What really blew my mind was that she could look at a picture of a toy, and then…

  • Pretending

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    The gang playing. Don’t tell them you saw that.

  • Tailwaggers #01

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    Very nearly the coldest I have ever been in my life. I have only been colder once, and that was at EMDAC’s 50th Show. I actually think the temperature was lower this time (suffice to say we didn’t get above freezing), but I had twice the layers on. Dylan also thought it was bloody cold.…

  • Dylan's 2009 Review

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    Our 2009 goals, which I thought were way optimistic at the time. Dylan to win out of Grade 3 (on points or wins) Dylan to win out of Introductory (Jumping and Agility) Dylan to gain his 3000 points (Flyball Dog Graduate) award Dylan to gain at least 100 Agility Warrant points Turns out it wasn’t…

  • Twelve Days of Christmas

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    The dogs had a good Christmas. The dogs always have a good Christmas, but they had an especially good one this year. They got some lovely new toys, lots of chews, and Kim got some ultra fashionable leg warmers from Accessorize. Unfortunately she has skinny hind legs so they only fit on her front paws,…

  • Coming and Going

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    Sometimes I walk when the ground has turned white And I can’t quite decide which way should be right. With the wind at my tail I do like to run, And head all the way back, the way I’ve just come. The other option’s to pounce with all my fur flowing, Leaving the deep prints…