Category: Courses

  • 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…

  • EMDAC

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    Remind me next time to wear at least 600 layers of clothing. It was -2 all day, and the fog never lifted. Kim Kim’s first Novice Plus classes! I knew we weren’t going to get anything as N+ is combined Novice, Graduate & Masters (like Combined 4-7 classes, basically) and there were some really good…

  • South Durham DAC

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    Saturday was very hectic. Much like last year I knew we were going to have to leave early and I really didn’t want to miss Kim’s agility classes again. To be honest, it would have probably been a faster journey to Lune Valley at Myerscough and therefore I could have stayed later, but I really…

  • Lincoln

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    I really love this show, it’s a great venue and a very relaxed atmosphere. I blame our lack of success on a number of things: 1) we had no Wine Gums on the journey down, and as everyone knows we have to have Wine Gums otherwise everything goes pear-shaped. 2) we saw no Eddie Stobart…

  • Yorkshire Bouncers

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    YB is always a small, friendly and local show; lots of flyballers present, which helps! Kim Kim had her last set of Primary classes today. We had a really good day, she was a lot more motivated and enthused than she had been for the rest of the summer season, noisy and tugging and listening.…

  • BAA Finals Weekend

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    We set off very early on Saturday morning for the BAA Finals Weekend. Kim had qualified for the Grand Prix Primary Jumping Final on Monday, and I wanted to get some last points in for her in the hopes of being promoted in Agility as well as Jumping next season. Dylan was there for the…

  • Course Design Considerations

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    I’m just sat watching the Olympic Showjumping, and we’re doing pretty well! Two riders left to go. It’s the nearest thing to agility in the Olympics and it’s interesting to see all the beautiful fences and the way the course is designed. I’d like to see more subtle course design like this in agility, although I…

  • EMDAC – Mixed Fortunes

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    Kim Kim has ruined her reputation for consistency, if nothing else. She couldn’t have shown any less enthusiasm this weekend! She was placed 9th in Primary Agility on Thursday but I can’t even remember running the class so it can’t have been a great run, and it only got worse. We didn’t get another clear…

  • Otley – Finally Grade 3!

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    As many of you will have heard already, Kim was diagnosed with a heart murmur at the vets during her routine annual checkup and boosters. I didn’t post about it immediately because it took me a while to get my head around the idea that my beautiful girly could no longer claim to be in…

  • Still Grade 2 … EMDAC May and Waldridge Fell

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    EMDAC Kim and Dylan at EMDAC this time, but just for one day. Both were entered for 4 runs each but I ended up pulling Dylan from both his agility classes, he’s still not confident on the seesaw. He made up for it by having a decent run in the Helter Skelter (got E’d!) and…