Category: Training

  • Gundog Day

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    I don’t have a gundog breed (have you noticed?) and much as I like Labradors and Spaniels, I don’t think I’d ever consider owning one. Just not my cup of tea! But the opportunity came up to go on a “Gundog for the Non-Shooting Owner” workshop with Jane Hanshaw, who I’ve always heard good things…

  • 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…

  • Rocket Relay Seminar #3

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    Really inspiring weekend at the Rocket Relay seminar, yet again. Kelly and Aaron are great teachers and it’s been 18months since their last seminar in the UK, so there was a lot to be reminded of. I sort of wish I’d taken Dylan to run on the Sunday working slots as it was focused on…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Mollie + Rally

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    I sort of forgot to post and say that in a moment of madness, I started taking Mollie to Rally classes. My original plan was to take Rio, but I’m still waiting for her to come into season (as well as now worrying in case she had a silent heat or something to confuse me)…

  • 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.…