Category: Rio

  • Learning to Weave

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    I want to try and video all our sessions, mostly so I can criticize my timing, which is generally awful.

  • Things to Do at Christmas

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    Rio did her first half-course this week and I was very happy. It wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t clean, but it was awesome. I love it when things start to come together. It was also her first time out in the big-dog classes, and she was very very excited to be there. We lost a…

  • Rio Agility Training

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    This is more of a record-keeping blog post, I have nothing very interesting to say! Contacts are looking good, must be more focused about rewarding Must work more on driving ahead down lines/picking up obstacles Set point exercises for Medium/Standard required More turn work at Medium/Standard required Begin weaves and seesaw? She was introduced to…

  • Contacts

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    We did some Aframe work this week at training, either in full or in bits. Rio hasn’t yet seen a full Aframe, but I don’t expect that for a while. I am beginning to backchain her 2o2o on a sloped Aframe board and she is doing really well. Her drive into position is sometimes very…

  • Time Flies

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    Where has the time gone since my last blog post?! I am very happy to report Rio’s target training is now rolling along at a good pace. I took it back to basics and we did some shaping, and she’s now double-front-paw hitting from any position. I’m not comfortable asking her for wall-turns, I don’t…

  • Target Training, Amongst Other Things

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    Rio’s target reminder sessions are not going well. I am writing this post to remind myself not to move on until I am 100% happy with what I’m seeing, and I’m not. Also, we can’t have six months off and then expect a perfect behaviour straight out of the box. I need to get the…

  • Training and Running

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    Rio was a very good girly this week at training. She’s getting a lot more comfortable with jumping at Small height, and we actually did some more complex sequencing this week. Complex at this stage meaning a couple of front crosses and a send. I’m also really happy with how her waits are holding up!…

  • Reruns

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    My last post apparently ruffled a lot of feathers, which is sort of funny really, since most of the offended parties weren’t the people I was thinking of when writing. Strange how that happens, isn’t it? None of the offended people spoke to me directly either in response. I stand by what I said however.…

  • Chutes

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    Although Dylan and Rio would beg to differ, we had a productive day! Chutes, plural. Because I had to buy enough wood for two to get enough wood for one, so it made sense. Just trying to sort out matting for the front boards now, and then everything will be polished and done. I’m looking…

  • Winter is Coming

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    There is a definite chill in the air. There was some pretty morning frost on the ground today, which was nice to look at but a bit too cold for me. We seem have have skipped straight through summer and autumn into winter, it’s been an odd year for the weather. Ri and I have…