Category: Flyball

  • Rocket Relay Seminar #3

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    Really inspiring weekend at the Rocket Relay seminar, yet again. Kelly and Aaron are great teachers and it’s been 18months since their last seminar in the UK, so there was a lot to be reminded of. I sort of wish I’d taken Dylan to run on the Sunday working slots as it was focused on…

  • Flyball Training

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    What’s this? Flyball? I still haven’t joined another team and I’m still not really intending to get back into the sport in the immediate future. But a flyball taster session at North K9 came up, and I do quite want to try and teach one of my dogs to have a properly nice boxturn, so…

  • Level Unlocked: Weaves

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    Rio can weave! Well, she can do four upright poles, and that counts in my book. We’ll work on taking her to a full set of 6 this week, and then progress will slow down again as I don’t have room for 12weaves at home. Thus far, I’m pleased with how effective the 2×2 method…

  • Drax October 2012, Dylan FD-Gold

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    Very tiring day at Drax, but it’s always a well run competition and even with three rings and a minor medical emergency that shut down one of the rings at the end of the day, we were still heading home for 7pm. Definitely confirmed my feelings about winter tournaments though, I hate being cold and…

  • Chutes

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    Although Dylan and Rio would beg to differ, we had a productive day! Chutes, plural. Because I had to buy enough wood for two to get enough wood for one, so it made sense. Just trying to sort out matting for the front boards now, and then everything will be polished and done. I’m looking…

  • Training Daze

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    I am feeling very productive this week (with regards to dog training. Other things, not so much). Dylan did some light work at agility last Tuesday, but I was conscious that he might be carrying an injury, so we didn’t do too much. Enough to test the waters and see what might be bothering him.…

  • 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…

  • 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…