Category: Dylan

  • Training Thoughts (Again)

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    Dylan and I are going on a training day in a week or so, which I’m quite looking forward to. It was a tough choice over whether to take Kim or Dylan, but the session is for Grades 1-4 and I don’t think Kim will hugely benefit from that. We’re both comfortable tackling the courses…

  • Hunmanby Gap

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    Jane and Andrea have been telling us to visit this beach for months, and we finally got around to it last week. It was really cold, but the dogs loved it. Kim loved chasing the birds, Mollie lovedchasing Kim, and Dylan loved herding all of us into the sea. Beaches are a rare trip in…

  • Dylan's 2008 Review

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    We just had one goal at the beginning of the year. Dylan to get his 200 points (Flyball Dog Award) in BFA Flyball And we achieved it! It shouldn’t have been hard and somehow it really was, but my tall boy did get it in his first Open tournament. He started competing in agility on…

  • Nearly Christmas?!

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    I can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas! Just 10 days to go, crazy. The dogs have not been getting into the festive spirit, yet. Dylan seems intruiged by the baubles on the tree, and equally terrified and fascinated by the Santa ornament that we’ve had forever. It winds up and the base gently swivels whilst it…

  • Barking Dogs

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    I was reading a blog post earlier about dogs barking when playing agility. Obviously relevent to my interests! I blogged a long time ago about Kim’s barking habits, but in summary: If I have a quiet Kim on my hands at agility, I’m worried. I want her to bark. I have a dog who isn’t…

  • More Course Analysis

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    Dylan is still sound and showing no signs of lameness or soreness. He’s stretching out fully when he gets up and I’ve checked for neck extension and curve (ie. holding a treat just to the left or right of his shoulders and then asking him to move his head only to get it). He will…

  • Dylan's Fall

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    Dylan had an awful fall last night off the dogwalk. When we set the dogwalk up, one of the bolts wouldn’t screw in entirely. We do have a problem sometimes in that the bolts get clogged with the sand from the arena. We tested the plank and it was safe and sound, but obviously over…

  • Doncaster

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    Doncaster is always such a good comp, lovely venue and it always runs to time. Dylan was running in Marsh Owlers in Div 2, and it didn’t go exactly to plan. He was running anchor dog but he was just cruising along without putting any effort in. He clocked 5.2-5.3 singles times all morning which…

  • Postal Vote Results, etc.

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    Flyball Postal Vote results came back, 92% in favour. Fantastic news, Kim will be thrilled to be over 12″ and Mollie will be exceptionally thrilled to be doing 13″. I said on Monday that I thought there would be a small voting turnout, and I was right: just 31% responded, and 6% of which were…

  • EMDAC (Official Results)

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    The official EMDAC results have gone up, along with the League Table updates. Kim has a lovely big fat E next her name in everything, and so unsurprisingly has dropped in her League Table placings. More surprising is that she’s hasn’t dropped very far; to 3rd rather than 2nd in the DOTY, and from 8th…