Category: Dylan

  • Sutton Fields Sept 2012

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    I love this tournament; my dogs and my team always seem to run well at Sutton Fields, and it’s always been my milestone tournament as well. Kim got her first sub-20 time in 2006, retired 2011, Dylan did his first Open 2008, Mollie retired 2012. Dylan got back to sub-20, 2012. Kim ran in Starters…

  • UKA Dig It September

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    I have to confess, I was not in the mood for this competition. It showed. Dylan and I lazed around all the courses, and won rosettes but only because the classes were tiny. I wasn’t really there to run my dog, I was there to support and coach some of our club newbies, who both…

  • Bispham

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    Our plan was to try and get to a beach sometime this bank holiday. It’s always a bit of a hassle; so few dog friendly beaches at this time of year, especially within 2 hours of us. We live pretty much in the centre of the country, it’s about the same distance to the East…

  • British Flyball Championship 2012

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    I can’t believe it was a full week since we were sat outside at Arbury Hall, sorting out the last minute arrivals and putting up tents. It was a bit weird being there with just Mollie and Dylan; Rio was at home recovering, and we didn’t want to take Kim for her to be sat…

  • Training

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    Very happy with Dylan’s agility training this week. We still have runs in competition where I have no idea what he’s thinking or why he’s acting the way he does, but that is a general Dyl-me problem, not an agility-specific problem. In terms of actual agility, it feels like we’re at our peak right now.…

  • Larden Green 2012

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    This was such a fun tournament. I think everyone knows what an absolute Olympics fangirl I am, and I was gutted not to get tickets for our home games this year. Instead I’m glued to the television 24/7 watching all the coverage, so I was panicking going into this weekend knowing I would be missing…

  • Dog Vegas July 2012

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    I was really happy with our runs on Friday. We didn’t have a “perfect” run and that kept us from the placings, but our times weren’t far off. Most worrying run was in the first class. Sat watching, a few of us noticed that the up plank of the dogwalk didn’t appear to have any…

  • Epworth/Drax/DruridgeBay/Somewhere Flyball

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    We were originally entered at Epworth, but then venue changes and tournament changes and we ended up running at Drax. The dogs got to compete and everyone was happy, and our top team actually won their division despite running a little slower than usual. The Starters came 4th (of 5). So happy to be running…

  • Dig It Dogs UKA

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    Well, we were supposed to be flyballing at Osmaston but with the rain came cancellation, and in time to make other plans. Emma and I had always been eyeing up the UKA show at Sandbach in Cheshire, but flyball got priority for the weekend. With the cancellation we all headed over to Dig It instead…

  • Return of the Summer?

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    I’m not holding my breath. Dylan and Rio got a short walk yesterday, I like to give the dogs a Down Day after a big hectic competition. But it was lovely weather out and who knows when we’ll get that again, so we had a 40minute wander. Both dogs were a lot quieter than normal,…