Category: Agility

  • Wandering

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    I feel like I should be posting something, but I really have very little to blog about at the moment! We are unexpectedly having January off from competitions (flyball and agility), which I’m not too bothered about; I had planned to take a month off somewhere, and January is as good as any! Also, it’s…

  • First Training of 2011

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    I did not stick to my well-thought out resolutions. The road to hell is paved with good intentions and all that. I had some lovely courses to work on that were well adaptable for all the different levels of the dogs, and would give Dylan some jump workouts and some Aframe practise, which were my…

  • Tailwaggers #3

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    I would quite like to just skip over recounting the morning classes, but I think it’s probably a good idea for me to try and remember exactly what I did wrong. Jet’s Primary Power and Speed was an ok course, a little tricky on the Speed section for Primary but certainly not beyond anything Jet…

  • Wyre Agility

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    Mission accomplished! I love Wyre. For whatever reason, this show just sings for me every year, and we have such a good time. I am fully prepared for next year to be a complete disappointment, but up until now, big thumbs up for Wyre. In contrast to last week, Dylan and Jet were in the…

  • Refocus

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    Dylan; Stay happy, relaxed and positive. Walk the course and look for the smoothest line, don’t underestimate his abilities and baby things. Make sure he gets to stretch his legs before each run, make sure he is fully warmed up. Look to keep him calm but focussed in the queue, minimum on barking if possible.…

  • Training with a Plan

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    I actually had a plan for training this week. I know that every trainer I admire advocates having a training plan in advance, and that going and messing around on the equipment doesn’t actually achieve anything. I know this, and yet a lot of the time, I like just messing about running silly courses. (I…

  • Why We Compete

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    … if you train but never compete, it’s easy to convince yourself that what you’re doing is hard, or hard enough. It’s easy to ease up in training; easy to say “that’s good enough”.1 I’m still not quite sure why I was reading The Fellrunner this afternoon. I’m almost certain it had something to do…

  • Tailwaggers #1

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    Dylan was a little bit more restrained at this show than the past few months, which was a little worrying initially but he was very relaxed throughout and ran well. Watching back his videos I’m not sure there was a real difference speed wise, but our runs certainly felt smoother, and a lot less like…

  • Where we need to be

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    In my last post, I said ” … I think Dylan could win out of Grade 5 this winter, but I think we would both be overfaced in Grade 6 at the moment, we aren’t ready to move up.” Dylan will be 5 in April. I hope he gets to keep running agility for another…

  • Hare'n'Hounds Halloween

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    I love that Hare’n’Hounds are theming all their winter shows, it’s fun and cute and apparently traumatising for Jet, but it’s such a nice touch for already awesome shows. Jet had a very tough course for first thing in the morning with her Grade 3 Agility, lots of flick-flacks and pull-thrus in the smallest ring,…