Category: Training

  • Frustrated

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    Training was … “interesting” this week. Dylan was totally over the top, completely overexcited and silly. Broke all his waits, pushing all his contacts, just pushing in general on everything that was asked. It sounds really odd when I try and describe it to people as really, he doesn’t sound like he was doing anything…

  • Aframe/Team Trios (2009)

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    After all the long discussions with various people on how to improve Dylan’s creepy Aframe contact, it seems that we’ve finally made some progress. As I said before, he’s had a break from working on the Aframe and so we came back this week and really attacked it. There was a big improvement! No creeping…

  • BAA Promotion & Agility Training

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    Please excuse the unrelated Mollie photo, I love her paws and couldn’t resist including it! I’ve just noticed that the League Tables on the BAA Website have been updated! My application with Kim was obviously successful as Kim is currently 2nd in the Novice Medium Dog of the Year League, 8th in the Novice Agility…

  • New-old camera, Dylan training

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    My camera has been replaced with a shiny new one! After a long argument involving various managers they finally admitted they were wrong. I should get it this evening so I’ll try to get some videos from flyball training tomorrow. Dylan’s weave entry issues seem to be getting resolved, he missed twice at training but…

  • Lazy Days

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    Bit of a photo post today, since I haven’t really got much to say. A few shots from over the summer that I never got around to posting, and a few more recent ones. Dylan doesn’t normally have bad training sessions, so Tuesday was quite unusual for him. He was working in a group with…

  • Camera Issues, Training Dylan

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    I really wanted to put some photos on the blog this week, but my camera has decided to stop working. For whatever reason it won’t charge or connect to the computer (which I suppose means it could be an issue with the cable?), and as it won’t charge it also won’t switch on. It’s only…

  • Contact Training

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    Had another fun session with Dylan on the mini dogwalk today, I’m really pleased with how he’s working. No creeping or stuttering, just driving forward to his 2o2o and then away on the release. Super confident and fast, exactly what I want to see. No self-releases today either! We did work on some quick releases…

  • A Short Update and on to Other Things

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    The dogs are all cough free and have been since Friday morning. Our vet had a long discussion with us this morning and he is of the very strong opinion that a dog is no more or less contagious in 7 days than they will be tomorrow, and that he can see no medical reason…

  • Trick Training with Props!

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    We have some new toys! Ex-sports equipment is a lot of fun for me and the hounds. Both are foam-padded with a tough outer, and have been acquistioned from the old storeroom. They weren’t being used to their full potential! Kim has been learning to walk backwards up the stairs, which has taken her longer…

  • One Step Forward …

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    Creepy contacts are still an issue. I’m not sure whether to keep pushing or to leave it now. In reality, Dylan’s Aframe is not that bad, he is nailing the 2o2o no matter where I am or what I’m doing. The creeping isn’t even particularly slow — I’m going to liken it to Spice’s contacts…