Category: Health

  • 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…

  • All Clear

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    Dylan officially has the all-clear, as of yesterday, and so I’m looking forward to Tailwaggers tomorrow! It looks like the Novice Plus classes are going to be quite competitive, they’re double the size of last years so I’m just hoping to get Dylan around the courses with the same enthusiasm he’s been showing lately. I’m…

  • Misdiagnosis?

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    After arming the household with honey, contacting all relevant parties to warn them of our quarantine and then resigning myself to a boring month ahead, all my dogs have resolutely NOT coughed, hacked, spluttered, snorted or sneezed for two days straight. Dylan was hacking up spit on Tuesday morning, I checked his throat and tried…

  • Where we are now

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    I should have known that trying to lay any kind of plans for the next 6 months would end in disaster! It appears that Dylan has come down with Kennel Cough** which means we won’t be competing again until after Christmas. The girls are both currently fine — in fact, Mollie is high as a…

  • Booster

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    Annual booster time! Our dogs all get a general examination at the same time as their boosters, so it’s a good chance for them all to weigh-in and compare health notes. This is one of the highlight’s of Mollie’s year, she got very very excited in the waiting room and had to roo-roo at everyone…

  • Old Bones

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    Mollie is officially an old lady this month. She came home to us on 24th June 2004, and her age was estimated at between 2-5 years. This was not a helpful estimate, as you can imagine. Over the years we guessed that Mollie was at the top end of that scale when she reached us,…

  • Digley

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    We had a lovely walk around Digley Resevoir on Sunday, couldn’t believe it was March, I was walking in my t-shirt! [singlepic id=69 w=320 h=240 float=center] The dogs ambled (and sprinted, and swum!) their way around, they’ve been so many times they know the path just as well as me. This is another resevoir my…

  • Paws and Toes

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    I posted on twitter a couple of days ago about Kim trotting – or limping, actually! – off to the vets. I didn’t have chance to post a proper update, but since people have asked, here we go! Kim has always had a slightly dodgy toe on her right front paw. I’ve had a few…

  • String Theories

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    Dyl’s weave entries are improving at a rate of knots, so chuffed! It’s so nice to see the hard work paying off. No problems now with 90° angles, either side, and we’re working back to being fairly comfortable at 45° (better on the soft side, at the moment). He’s picking up weaves when flicking back…

  • Sad, Sick, Puppies (Again)

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    What a week … thank you for all the texts and emails that got back to me, I’m not sure how so many of you found out as I only told one person! But thank you very very much, it meant a lot to us. For those who don’t know, Kim scared me half to…