Category: Agility

  • EMDAC (50th Show)

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    This was EMDAC’s 50th show, and it ran as smoothly as most of their shows do. Three rings, started just after 8:30 and finished just before 5pm (although we didn’t leave until 5:30 for reasons I will explain later!). Each ring had 5/6 classes totalling around 360 runs, with the largest class size at 130…

  • Training Thoughts (Again)

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    Dylan and I are going on a training day in a week or so, which I’m quite looking forward to. It was a tough choice over whether to take Kim or Dylan, but the session is for Grades 1-4 and I don’t think Kim will hugely benefit from that. We’re both comfortable tackling the courses…

  • A SG Response

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    I’m impatient to get back to training, mainly because Dylan is going stir-crazy and driving me nuts. He walked backwards, herding my feet and biting the snow, for the majority of our evening walk today. That’s about 2 miles. Crazy … So! Susan Garrett posted this in her blog yesterday: what (if anything), do you…

  • Nearly Christmas?!

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    I can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas! Just 10 days to go, crazy. The dogs have not been getting into the festive spirit, yet. Dylan seems intruiged by the baubles on the tree, and equally terrified and fascinated by the Santa ornament that we’ve had forever. It winds up and the base gently swivels whilst it…

  • Barking Dogs

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    I was reading a blog post earlier about dogs barking when playing agility. Obviously relevent to my interests! I blogged a long time ago about Kim’s barking habits, but in summary: If I have a quiet Kim on my hands at agility, I’m worried. I want her to bark. I have a dog who isn’t…

  • More Course Analysis

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    Dylan is still sound and showing no signs of lameness or soreness. He’s stretching out fully when he gets up and I’ve checked for neck extension and curve (ie. holding a treat just to the left or right of his shoulders and then asking him to move his head only to get it). He will…

  • Dylan's Fall

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    Dylan had an awful fall last night off the dogwalk. When we set the dogwalk up, one of the bolts wouldn’t screw in entirely. We do have a problem sometimes in that the bolts get clogged with the sand from the arena. We tested the plank and it was safe and sound, but obviously over…

  • Wyre

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    Total case of great dog, shame about the handler. We made a bit of a hash of the KC Olympia Qualifier, which was a really fantastic course. It looked so deceptively simple but it was filled with little traps and angles that meant only the really good dogs got around. We watched Dizzy (Raeanne’s Flippin…

  • Postal Vote Results, etc.

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    Flyball Postal Vote results came back, 92% in favour. Fantastic news, Kim will be thrilled to be over 12″ and Mollie will be exceptionally thrilled to be doing 13″. I said on Monday that I thought there would be a small voting turnout, and I was right: just 31% responded, and 6% of which were…

  • EMDAC (Official Results)

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    The official EMDAC results have gone up, along with the League Table updates. Kim has a lovely big fat E next her name in everything, and so unsurprisingly has dropped in her League Table placings. More surprising is that she’s hasn’t dropped very far; to 3rd rather than 2nd in the DOTY, and from 8th…