Category: Agility

  • Long Summer

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    Excellent flyball training this past weekend, all the dogs worked extremely hard. Dylan still isn’t comfortable running with Norah but she’s not in his team this weekend so I am hopeful that he’ll be relaxed and happy about being in the ring. Our official complaint to the BFA regarding the incident at Swallownest has been…

  • Blog Action Day: Volunteering

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    I’m not on the Clean Run list, so I don’t know what the status is in the USA regarding volunteers at trials. I suspect that it’s the same as it is here, and across Europe, and the rest of the world. I am probably not the best person to be blogging about this for one…

  • Weaves

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    We had fun with weaves at training this week. He did so well on the Wicked Weaves course at the weekend, but there were no really difficult entries and I was able to stay with him the whole time, but it reminded me that we did need to work a bit more on our weaves!…

  • Dogs Unleashed

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    Saturday was flyball day, as per usual for this weekend. We only had two teams in but both were 6-dog teams, which I hate, but as we had some dogs coming back from injury etc it was really the only option. Kim and Mollie both ran very well, Kim back to her usual self and…

  • Sticky Summer

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    Very humid at training this week. Always intended this week to be an “easy” week, confidence boosting for dogs and handlers. We did short, easy sequences (6-8 obstacles) on a one-shot basis (you get one go, and then on to the next sequence). This is brilliant for G1-3 dogs, or for G5 dogs who need…

  • Finding the Positive

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    Reviewing videos, over and over again. Finding things to be happy about, wanting to share the joy. Be prepared for screen caps. Jumping. See that relaxed tuck position? That makes me happy. See that one too?

  • Training

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    I have really unimaginative post titles at the moment. It’s hard to come up with stuff like that! Patience on rebuilding seesaw confidence has paid off, we had no run-bys this week and it was actually a faster seesaw than before (albeit without a stop, but I’m not worried about that). Didn’t push and do…

  • Summer?!

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    Suddenly become very warm, with long light evenings. We’ve started going back up to Digley for longer walks, it’s lovely. Feels very much like summer, which means I feel like we should be at agility. For all the issues Dylan and I are suddenly having I can’t wait to get back to competitions. It’s a…

  • NOFA: Hare'n'Hounds & Waldridge Fell

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    I love Redcar, even when it’s blowing a gale. Best venue ever. Dylan and I had a terrible half-week though. The best way I can think of to describe his first few runs is out-of-focus … he was clear, or had 5f, but without any speed or drive or focus to speak of. Nothing I…

  • Gone Fishing

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