Category: Personal Reviews

  • 2012 Review

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    I didn’t have any goals for 2012, but it was an interesting year. It was not a subtle year, or a kind year, or a gentle year. I want a lot of things for 2013, but I hope they all come about in a softer way. I still don’t feel comfortable setting goals with Dylan,…

  • 2010 Review: Dylan

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    Our 2010 goals. Dylan to win out of Primary Agility and Jumping Dylan to win out of Grade 3 Dylan to get his 10,000pts (Silver Award) in BFA flyball Dylan to get his Agility Warrant (Silver) award Dylan to get his BAD-Bronze (5 BAA class wins) We have definitely achieved 4/5 goals this year, and…

  • Reflection, Patience, 2010

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    I read back a lot of my blog from earlier in the year to write the dog’s 2010 reviews. It does make me smile quite a lot, sometimes. With hindsight, I shouldn’t have been so impatient with Dylan and I’s lingering in Grade 3. We were balancing on the edge of winning a class for…

  • 2010 Review: Kim

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    [singlepic id=74 w=320 h=240 float=none] My one, lonely, goal for 2010: Kim to get her 20,000pts (Ice Blue Moon Award) in BFA Flyball I was perfectly aware that wouldn’t happen! We’re making good progress though, Kim has got her FD-Gold this year (15,000pts) and is currently just under 16,000pts, with the points updates only just…

  • How to Make Homemade Jump Bumps

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    Having watched Susan Salo’s Foundation Jumping video, and various other videos, and read several more books, I decided we needed some Jump Bumps (also known as Stride Regulators) for our puppy class at agility. I ideally wanted 8 Jump Bumps, four at 4″ and four at 8″. CleanRun sells them for $39.80 and $79.80 [1],…

  • Crufts 2010

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    I don’t even know where to start! I’d always said I’d love to do the whole four days and it was definitely worth it, but I’m not sure I could do it again for at least another 5 years! Got up very early for the trip down on Thursday morning. Andrea and Buffy (Bethlyntee Rhythm…

  • Gap Farm Flyball

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    The All-New Singing-Dancing Matting: Was good. It’s like yoga matting, kind of. Very grippy, no slipping, very nice. My only complaint was that I’m not sure it works all that well on sand/equestrian surface. It was very “dead”; there was plenty of give but there was very little bounce back. It didn’t seem to affect…

  • Dylan's 2009 Review

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    Our 2009 goals, which I thought were way optimistic at the time. Dylan to win out of Grade 3 (on points or wins) Dylan to win out of Introductory (Jumping and Agility) Dylan to gain his 3000 points (Flyball Dog Graduate) award Dylan to gain at least 100 Agility Warrant points Turns out it wasn’t…

  • 2009 Review: Kim

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    My goals for 2009 with Kim were: Kim to win out of Grade 4 (not on points) Kim to get her Agility Warrant Silver award Kim to win out of either Novice Jumping or Novice Agility under the BAA Kim to get her 15,000pts (Gold Award) in BFA Flyball I thought the Silver Warrant and…

  • Pentax K-x: One Week Later

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    Still in love. All these shots are from the big 55-300mm lens on Sunday, I haven’t quite got the hang of that one yet! Also been playing with shutter speeds, these were taken with the standard 18-55mm. I haven’t quite got the idea of being able to take action shots yet, and throwing a ball…