Category: Training

  • Full Circle

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    After last week’s bad training session, we had a great time this week. We had a fun set up for courses that involved a tight boxwork section, which then opened out into a huge loop of weaves-tunnel-jump-long jump. Made for lots of running! Both Dylan and I really enjoyed it, and we got a lot…

  • Winter Agility Season

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    I know I’m lucky to have good, competitive shows at KC and BAA within travelling distance all year round. It’s got better and better every year, and this year I’m actually getting to pick and choose which shows we go to! We’re at Hare’n’Hounds next time because I love their shows, they always have a…

  • Jumping

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    Still struggling on the jumping front. The more I watch, the more I find Dylan’s jumping issues somewhat bizarre. We usually have our jumps at training set at a variety of jump heights, so Dylan will work some sequences on Medium and Large over the evening. We also have some jumps at KC Large (26″)…

  • Bluebells

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    The gang had a good morning flyballing … in the rain. Where has my nice summer weather gone?! Dylan was all over the place with his training. He ran terribly in the first session, really slow and bad bad box, but he ran much better in the second session. We did have two lanes up…

  • Late Post: Flyball

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    The gang did well at flyball this week. Kim did 6 runbacks, just over 12″, to ease her gently back into things. She’s back on non-lead walks, except for the first 15minutes where everyone goes absolutely loopy and they chase each other around at top speed. Kim has to be restrained to avoid that, and…

  • Jumping

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    Dylan was really rocking his jumping this week, I was a very happy bunny! Lovely and smooth, confident, and extended. I don’t think his take off points are right so we do have to do more work on that. Only one minor issue when he nearly backflipped over a jump, and I have genuinely no…

  • Training

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    I’m struggling a bit with training at the moment, so I’m actually kind of glad flyball training was rained off this morning. Dyl and I had a bad training session on Tuesday, I guess like everyone we have our off-weeks. I had some things I wanted to focus on, but Dyl just lazed around and…

  • Jumping (Post 312)

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    Dyl was fantastic in training this week. I’d be dancing if I knew he was going to run like that in competition, because it really was brilliant! Super smooth, super fast, and just smoked everything. We played weaves and jumping, and left the contacts alone for another week. I know I’m going to regret that…

  • Badly Behaved

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    There’s been loads of talk recently on almost every forum and blog I visit about dominance theory, behaviourists, clicker training. I think most of it has kicked off from the Cesar Milan tour in the UK, which has brought him into the sights of people who don’t normally talk about him. I don’t much want…

  • Clicker Day

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    It feels like this week has just flown by. I’ve been out every evening from Monday to Thursday, at work all day, and pre-occupied making decisions about other people’s dogs. I’ve been neglecting the dogs I do have, and I felt very guilty about it, so we had a fun hour playing some clicker games…