Category: Rio

  • Flyball Training

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    What’s this? Flyball? I still haven’t joined another team and I’m still not really intending to get back into the sport in the immediate future. But a flyball taster session at North K9 came up, and I do quite want to try and teach one of my dogs to have a properly nice boxturn, so…

  • Extra Bits

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    I managed to get the arena for a little while this week and do some extra work with Rio. My main aim was to introduce her to the dogwalk again, which we did, and perhaps do a bit of sequencing. She’s now comfortable strolling over the dogwalk, turning on the plank, and isn’t freaking out…

  • Rally Trials

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    The girls and I crashed and burned at our Rally trial. I feel like I ought to say that the trial itself was awesome, really well organised and friendly people. The venue was good, but the ring was in a self-contained hall and that freaked a lot of dogs out, including mine. That was not…

  • Shut Up and Drive

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    Dylan is sound as a bell now, although I didn’t push our luck by taking him training. He is still being lead walked and if he continues to remain sound, he’ll return to normal life on Friday. Now I’m feeling more confident that he’s not crippled, I’m rolling my eyes a bit since of course…

  • Unexpected Weekends

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    Dylan and I were supposed to spend this weekend at Ribble, getting back into our competitive groove and admiring all the excellent partnerships who had travelled north (and south) for the G6-7 Olympia Qualifier. However, Dyl came up very lame on Friday morning. Friday was a Day of Rest, but Rest did not help. Dyl…

  • Quiet

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    Rio is still being unnaturally quiet. She was very flat at agility training and then very distracted at rally this week. Agility was just a bit odd, she tecnically worked very well, did all the sequences etc, but just seemed extra sensitive and flat. It’s weird working her when she’s being quiet, I’m so used…

  • Odd Little Muffins

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    Both the younger dogs are still settling into their post-Mollie lives. Dylan is not his usual self. We’ve had a bout of sulking brought on Thursday evening, when we took Kim and Rio to Rally and Dylan got left home alone for two hours. He’s taken a few days to come around from that. Rio…

  • Group Photos

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    Group photos are hard, and not just because getting everyone sat facing the right direction is always tough. I have very white dogs and very black dogs, and so getting the white balance is hard, and the height differences is always a challenge. It started so well, and we moved on, and then I realised…

  • Level Unlocked: Weaves

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    Rio can weave! Well, she can do four upright poles, and that counts in my book. We’ll work on taking her to a full set of 6 this week, and then progress will slow down again as I don’t have room for 12weaves at home. Thus far, I’m pleased with how effective the 2×2 method…

  • 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,…