Category: Rio

  • 20 Weeks

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    20 weeks?! How did that happen? Rio continues to be fun and chirpy and naughty and noisy. She’s about 16-17″ tall and 13.30kg. Her puppy fluff is slowly mutating into sleek adult fur, which basically means she has a darker stripe down her back about 4″ in width. She’s still not very comfortable with children…

  • Priorities

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    Been reading lots of interesting blog posts about all the focussed training people are doing with their puppies. I haven’t been, but I’m actually happy with that. I’ve been much more interested in getting Rio to explore the world and get as much exposure to different people, dogs, and environments, and teaching her how to…

  • 17 Weeks

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    Nearly 18 weeks, really. Not so many tricks these past 2 weeks, mostly house manners and walk manners and visiting manners. I finally knuckled down and started working properly on REA, I’ve been a bit wary as I haven’t shaped it before and I was struggling to mark the right things. Thought about it without…

  • More Day Trips

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    It’s another edition of My Puppy Is Amazing … although I’m not sure I can take credit, she’s just really awesome all on her own. We had a wander around the village yesterday for the first time in a couple of weeks, she wasn’t at all bothered. A bit perturbed by the occasional farm truck…

  • Winter Winds

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  • Rio 16 Weeks

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    Where is my puppy going? She’s 17 weeks next Monday and she’s huge, and looks all grown up, and can run off lead around the woods and not harass Kim and recall when she’s told and do waits. What’s happening?! I tried to get some stacked shots to show how big she is now, but…

  • Gap Farm December

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    Rio’s first visit to a flyball competition! That is the most important thing that happened all day, of course. Dylan ran very well, not as well as he could have done simply because he was running with unfamiliar dogs, and so was I. Our changeovers were not consistent! He ran steady 4.8s over 11″. I…

  • Puppy in Box

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  • Busy Days

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    Having a quiet day today. Rio had a very busy day yesterday, lots of socialisation boxes ticked. We drove over to Langsett Barn to see lovely Buzz, her fellow Aussie and still a big puppy at 8 months. They got on very well, and would have loved a run around together but Rio just isn’t…

  • Photopost

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    (Mollie loves her really. Maybe only when she’s asleep.) Vaguely continuing from my previous post, I love this: Getting ANY puppy, from ANY brilliant line, after a TON of research, after EVERY aptitude and health test in the book, is still a risk. You never know what happens, you never know what the outcome (or…