Category: Kim

  • Boxes & FlickFlacks

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    Both Kim and Dylan were ridiculously excited to be at training this week. And I was a very good person and made myself do the 2 things I don’t really like doing, boxes and flickflacks (or snakes, serpentines, flapjacks, whatever you call them). I even set the box up with “Medium spacing”, ie. minimum spacing.…

  • Quiet Weeks

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    It’s been a quiet week for the gang. Kim had a vet check on Tuesday, for two very specific reasons. The good news is that her heart murmur hasn’t deteriorated at all, and our vet thinks the best thing for her is to continue doing agility and flyball as it will keep her heart healthier,…

  • Timing Notes (again)

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    I did this in September after reviewing my summer season videos, and since I actually managed to remember to take my camera to training (plus a few clips from EMDAC in November/January) I now have a new set of data. How exciting! Well, not really. Dylan’s dogwalk in particular was really improving but has slowed…

  • EMDAC (50th Show)

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    This was EMDAC’s 50th show, and it ran as smoothly as most of their shows do. Three rings, started just after 8:30 and finished just before 5pm (although we didn’t leave until 5:30 for reasons I will explain later!). Each ring had 5/6 classes totalling around 360 runs, with the largest class size at 130…

  • 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…

  • Kim's 2008 Review

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    I know this is a little early but I have 2 more to post (Dylan and Mollie) and only 2 weeks until the end of the year! My goals for 2008 with Kim were: Qualify for a final Kim to gain 10,000 points (Silver Award) in BFA Flyball Kim to win out of Grade 2…

  • 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…

  • 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…