Category: Flyball

  • Faster vs. Fun

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    I’ve read a lot this week about how flyball “needs to go back to being fun” (yes, that’s a quote), by which people mean “not running fast” (a paraphrase of a quote). I can’t write my actual opinion of this, because it would include a lot of swearing, but I’ll try and write a reasoned…

  • Back at Drax

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    It’s been a while since we last flyballed, and much longer since we were running on grass, let alone at Drax! Kim was back in Division 6 and the second team, where she belongs! We had hoped to take a strong 5-dog team but unpredictable entire bitches coming into season meant our fifth dog was…

  • Rewind

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    Looking back on some posts from this time last year. Apparently we had a run of lovely sunny weather then as well, which is weird, I somehow remember it being later in the year. On the other hand, it doesn’t really seem like that long ago, I can remember exactly where I was stood as…

  • BFA Committee Nominations

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    Who are you going to vote for? Are you even going to vote? This post isn’t going to address any of the candidates directly as I don’t think that’s fair, I’m just going to make a wishlist of what I hope to see, as my voting slip came through the post today. It hasn’t been…

  • Rocket Relay Seminar

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    I haven’t updated the blog for a while and it’s not because I have too little to say! I’ve had a very busy couple of weeks with and without the dogs, including the Rocket Relay seminar last weekend (organised by Katie and Kristian from http://www.flyballfever.co.uk/). I don’t think I’ve learnt so much from one weekend…

  • Change Year

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    My mother and I have been calling this year a “change year” for flyball, because we know that by the end of 2011 our teams will look very different. We have a great set of puppies and new starters who will be hitting their stride over the autumn and summer, ready to start jostling for…

  • Gap Farm February 11

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    Excellent flyballing, some very good racing. Dylan was on brilliant form, the specialised training we’ve been doing recently has been hugely and noticably beneficial for him and a few of the other dogs. It was very cool to see real results so quickly! His boxturn wasn’t brilliant, he is coming away much sharper now rather…

  • Chase

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    Kim believes in kicking my ass when we’re doing these chase-the-handler flyball runs. [singlepic id=339 w=320 h=240 float=none] It was a little too slippy underfoot for major improvements, but still some good stuff from Kim and Dylan. Dylan has started stuttering into the first hurdle again though, which is really irritating. I’m hoping it was…

  • Wandering

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    I feel like I should be posting something, but I really have very little to blog about at the moment! We are unexpectedly having January off from competitions (flyball and agility), which I’m not too bothered about; I had planned to take a month off somewhere, and January is as good as any! Also, it’s…

  • Flyball Training, New Year New Games

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    The guys were rocking flyball training today. We’d already arranged to do some Starter/Puppy training this morning, and Kim had long-since being volunteered as Stooge Dog, but our tournament tomorrow has unfortunately been cancelled. So the whole gang got to come and play! The Starters did very well, we still have a lot of work…