Category: Rio

  • Swallownest

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    Not a great weekend at Swallownest. Dylan was a little off on Friday evening but nothing dramatic, and I figured he’d just been eating something he shouldn’t (like he usually does). Unfortunately he was a sad man all day Saturday and I nearly pulled him completely from racing. He went onto a reduced racing schedule…

  • Rio, 11 Weeks & 9 Months

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  • Same Training

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    I am determined to keep a record of how Rio does each week at training until she’s 12months at least, but I can’t honestly think of much to say about this week. She was very well behaved, very very tuggy focused, and generally a superstar. We did some tunnel sends and some kips at 8″.…

  • Hot

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    Bit hot, Ri?

  • Digley May 2012

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    Emma and I took Bailey, Dylan, Diva and Rio around Digley this afternoon, since the nice weather is continuing and the dogs could do with the swim! So much of the path is in dappled shade that we didn’t have to worry about them getting too hot, and it’s such an easy walk that even…

  • Summer Days

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    It has been too hot to walk the dogs during the day over the past week. They aren’t at all acclimatised to the heat, especially since last weekend I had a coat on Dylan between racing so he didn’t get cold (and we all wore hats and gloves to ring party, to prevent freezing). Rio…

  • Summer Training

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    Trained without being swamped by 300 layers of clothing this week, it was great. Forgot what naughty dogs I have though, both Dylan and Rio jump up at me all the time. My arms were streaked with sand by the end of the session, not really the look I was going for this summer. Really…

  • Swallownest May 2012

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    We stuck with our original lineup for Dylan’s team and it worked well, we were running more consistent times but not nearly as fast as I would like. Chip and Dylan were running just over 10s as a pair pretty much all day, which I was pleased about as a consolation. They’re running over 14″,…

  • WAO Time

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    Now I’ve got my rant for the week over with (see previous post), I can go back to thinking of fun things to do with Rio. Our goal this week is to go back and do some more motion sensitive stuff, maybe some more door-shutting stuff. We haven’t done anything like that in a while.…

  • Waiting

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    Maintaining the “optional working” rule is difficult, sometimes. I know it’s the right thing to do, but this week Rio started class by visiting all the other dogs. She got a second chance to work, but failed to take it, so she headed straight back to the car. That’s a very short training session. I…