Category: Dylan

  • Doncaster Cantley Park

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    This was such a heartbreaking competition for us last year, and this year was looking increasingly disasterous on the dog front, with 6 dogs coming down injured in the preceeding week. We can’t seem to shake the bad luck at Cantley, and being a suspicious bunch we might make the longer trek over to the…

  • Otley

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  • Honeysuckle Cottage 2009

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    This will be a familiar venue for some readers, I think, as it’s where the Delinquent Dogz agility series is held. I’ve never been before and it’s the first time there has been a flyball tournament there. It’s a nice venue; the ground held up incredibly well, and a lot of teams ran some quick…

  • Agility Training

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    Some interesting sessions this week; two, in fact! Kim = Must. Support. Obstacles. Kim has changed her running style slightly during her injury and recovery time, and I need to be right there with her and supporting the obstacles before asking her to turn, otherwise she will turn too soon. Kim also ran with Katie,…

  • Sunny Afternoons

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    The dogs and I have spent the weekend lounging about in the garden and having a lovely sunbathing time. This is our only free weekend until mid-September, as we’ve had a bit of a mix about with some flyball dates that have cancelled my free weekend in July. Providing nothing is cancelled, we’ve got a…

  • Contact Self-Reminders

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    This post is a self-reminder. For all that I love playing with my dogs, I need to analyse what we do and what I want for me to ever get there. Although there will be some variation from handler to handler, I think there is a fairly standard formula for “perfect contacts” (actually, for perfect…

  • Nottingham

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    I haven’t been to Nottingham for years; last time we competed there, Kim was a large dog. Way back when! The show is still really well-organised and it’s a lovely atmosphere, but the ground is awful to run on (pitted and rough, worse in some rings than others) and there is absolutely no shade offered…

  • Dylan at EMDAC & Waldridge Fell

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    So, what did Dylan do at EMDAC and Waldridge Fell? My little man was not exactly on fire this weekend. I’ll admit I was probably partly to blame for that, as I was so focussed on Kim that I just kind of assumed Dyl would be ok and would give me his all regardless. I…

  • Middlesbrough Flyball

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    Look what a beautiful morning it was when we set off at 6am … Should have known that wouldn’t last! Middlesbrough is now our first outdoor flyball competition of the season. This tournament is really well organised, has good racing, a nice venue, and yet every year I fail to find any enthusiasm for racing…

  • Contacts and Expectations

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    Hmm, so I spent a lovely half hour watching back Dylan’s agility videos from the weekend. Creeping contacts = definitely my fault. I held his fast contacts for 2s+, but quick released his creepy contacts. I know why I’m doing this, and it’s because I keep thinking it will speed him up. And I know…