Category: Rio

  • Training

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    Trekked up to County Durham again for some training. I really wanted to work with Dylan on his striding again, but he also really needed a down day after our busy weekend at Wigton and then a long walk on Monday. As we have a little houseguest in Alfie again for two weeks, I wanted…

  • See Me Learn

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    Rio is continuing to surprise me at flyball training. She was introduced to the hit-it board for the first time this week, and was pretty fab. We initially introduce the dogs gently and don’t ask for a turn, just build their confidence and see how they adapt to the board. Rio had a couple of…

  • Sometimes we play

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    I didn’t expect a lot from Rio on Tuesday; she went back for her first class in nearly 7 weeks, and I fully expected her to overload as she did last Friday. I put her in the Foundation class and warned everyone I might disappear after 10mins depending on how she was working. Apparently Rio…

  • North of the Wall

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    K and I headed up north on Friday to train with Cat. We’ve been talking about venturing up to do a little flyball training for ages, so we did! I took Dylan and Rio, although Ri was an afterthought. She got to play a little bit of agility but I didn’t expect a lot, and…

  • UKA Dig It May 2013

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    Really went to this show for Dylan to practise running on rubber surfaced contacts. Dig It have Contactacoat sprinkles on their equipment and it is actually looking wrecked right now. Dig It either need to re-cover or buy some new equipment, I don’t think they can keep calling it rubber surfaced if it’s got bald…

  • A Quiet May

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    May is usually my extremely busy flyball month, so of course this year I forgot to get my act in gear and actually enter any agility shows. I’m taking Dylan to UKA Dig It this weekend, mainly to support some of our newbie competitors from training, but also to get Ri measured. Dylan is working…

  • On We Roll

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    Rio is still bored and still full of herself. She had her stitches out 10 days ago and she’s in full coat-blowing mode; seems to be her stress response to anesthetic/being left at the vet, since she did this after stitches in her paw as well. Trick training is keeping her mildly entertained. We’ve got…

  • A Distinct Lack of Excitement

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    For Rio, anyway. Rio was spayed on the 28th March. Her stitches are due out on the 9th April. She will probably go back to agility training on 4th June. This is mainly because I am very over-cautious and K says it takes 60days for true muscle repair. Keeping her quiet is very hard; she…

  • Snow and More Snow

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    SNOW! Thankfully this was a quiet weekend; I didn’t enter Wyre Champ at Myerscough as I thought doing 5 days of agility in the space of a week was a bit much after 3 months off. Not sure we would have got there any way, since we were under 2ft of snow on Saturday morning.…

  • Forwards and backwards all at once

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    Not even sure that’s possible, but it feels like what’s happening! Ri is definitely back to her super-sassy self. She got some extra training today as well as her usual session. She’s working really well, her forward drive is great, she’s picking up obstacles really nicely, we need to do a bit of homework on…