Category: Kim
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Doncaster Flyball (Cantley Park)
It’s really hard to write about how the dogs did this weekend and focus on their positive points and make a record for myself of how they did. Julie was helping/captaining one of our teams (I can’t remember which team it was) and within minutes of leaving the ring was rushed to Doncaster A&E. Although…
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One Step Forward …
Creepy contacts are still an issue. I’m not sure whether to keep pushing or to leave it now. In reality, Dylan’s Aframe is not that bad, he is nailing the 2o2o no matter where I am or what I’m doing. The creeping isn’t even particularly slow — I’m going to liken it to Spice’s contacts…
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Newark Flyball
Kim and Mollie were in a scratch team due to some dog complications, so it was mostly the normal Night Owlers with Kim thrown in to bring a bit of speed to the proceedings! Kim ran well all day, but she just wasn’t quick enough to bring down the times under 22secs, as certain dogs…
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Tabley Flyball
I hate flyballing in the rain. Remind me not to do it again! Our dogs worked hard all day, and the ground conditions weren’t perfect by any means. The grass was a couple of inches high, the ground was rough and the dogs were racing uphill. The ring was situated right next to the clay…
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Flyball, Congrats, Photos and University
The dogs and I had fun playing out in the garden yesterday morning, when it was still sunny. It’s looking a bit nicer now, there is just one patch left that needs weeding as the rest got turned over at the weekend. Kim and I had a bit of a photo shoot as I really…
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Training in the Rain
The dogs and I had a fun session yesterday evening training in the rain! “Proper” training was cancelled so we lugged two jumps and the flyball box (and hurdle) to the park for a bit of an inpromptu training session with all three dogs. I think it’s good for the dogs to train in wet…
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Empty Weekend
We had a nice flyball session this morning! Kim has grazed both her hocks, so I’ll have to start wrapping them up when she’s working on hard ground. I’ve used pad protectors on her front legs for ages but she’s always had a habit of skidding on her hocks and coming home with huge grass-stains.…
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Still Grade 2 … EMDAC May and Waldridge Fell
EMDAC Kim and Dylan at EMDAC this time, but just for one day. Both were entered for 4 runs each but I ended up pulling Dylan from both his agility classes, he’s still not confident on the seesaw. He made up for it by having a decent run in the Helter Skelter (got E’d!) and…
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Sequences and Dylan
Dylan worked really well at training this week, and I feel like we’re seeing some improvement now. The boy can really move when he wants to, just need to get the handler sorted now. I have to be early with my cues and verbals to get the tight lines, otherwise he just picks a jump…
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Middlesbrough Flyball
The Crazy Cannons always put on a good tournament but we’re not usually very successful! Kim has a 2nd rosette from about 2 years ago and that’s it, which is a shame because the pink and black rosettes look very swish! We got our act together this year and the Owlers had a fantastic day.…