Category: Agility

  • Good Teacher

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    I’ve been waiting for this DABAD topic to come up for a while, and then I missed it! I’m a day late. What makes a good coach/instructor? The reason I was looking forward to musing on this topic is because I’m in sort of an odd situation; I don’t train with a teacher directly, and…

  • UKA Dig It September

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    I have to confess, I was not in the mood for this competition. It showed. Dylan and I lazed around all the courses, and won rosettes but only because the classes were tiny. I wasn’t really there to run my dog, I was there to support and coach some of our club newbies, who both…

  • Contact Board

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    I love this puppy, her enthusiasm is infectious. Rio is well named; life is a carnival. She attacks everything with such energy, she makes me feel energetic too. We have no ‘bad’ training sessions, we have too much fun, even if things don’t go exactly to plan. Her paw is almost healed entirely. If it…

  • Dog Vegas July 2012

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    I was really happy with our runs on Friday. We didn’t have a “perfect” run and that kept us from the placings, but our times weren’t far off. Most worrying run was in the first class. Sat watching, a few of us noticed that the up plank of the dogwalk didn’t appear to have any…

  • Dig It Dogs UKA

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    Well, we were supposed to be flyballing at Osmaston but with the rain came cancellation, and in time to make other plans. Emma and I had always been eyeing up the UKA show at Sandbach in Cheshire, but flyball got priority for the weekend. With the cancellation we all headed over to Dig It instead…

  • Rio Contact Training

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    This was Rio’s third time on the board, and this is her whole session. She’s maybe done 10-15minutes total, at this stage? No luring, no targeting, no physical placement from me. I’m happy! I added a lot more movement in on this session, so we had a lower success rate, although I’m not particularly fussy…

  • Miss Rio, 10 Months

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    I think skipping agility class for a few weeks is a good idea. I needed to scale back a bit, and focus on getting her working attitude when we’re working together in the park, or at competitions in the exercise area, and of course at flyball training. Well, she’s always focused at flyball, it’s all…

  • Dogs Unleashed 2012

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    Can’t believe this is our fourth year at this show! The first year we did it, at Newark, it was absolutely baking hot, and every year seems to have got slightly more damp. This year was a complete washout, I’m still amazed that they were able to go ahead with the show. Flyball ran on…

  • Growing Up

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    Ri seems to be going through a fear period right now, which is a little weird and a little frustrating for me. She is fine with other dogs and in different situations, but has decided that all strange people are scary. She does seem to have a quick recovery time once she has freaked out,…

  • Sneaky Beans

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    Turns out Rio is an evil genius, who knew? She was flawlessly perfect at agility training this week. Crazy enthusiastic but uber focused and keen, choosing tuggy over distractions (even in the form of that mistress of temptation, Fly!) and working like a super puppy. We started with some recalls through tunnels, which is always…