Category: DABAD

  • DABAD: Passing Through Time

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    The topic is aging, in case you didn’t guess. I dithered about writing about aging in dogs, but I think that’s a well covered topic so far. I have been very lucky with both my retirees; I got to decide for them, and I got to stick to my rule of “don’t wait until they…

  • DABAD: Internationalisation

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    Yep, I get to say “internationalisation” with an s instead of a z, since I think I’m one of the few blogging on this from outside North America. I think there are lots of ways to approach this topic, and I wrote and re-wrote this post several times! For a long time, agility was self-contained…

  • 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…

  • Attitude: We're a Team

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    It’s an Dog Agility Blog Action Day for Attitude. I wasn’t going to write anything for this because I was stumped on the topic, but after our weekend at Wigton I had the glimmer of an idea. I am competitive, stubborn, and determined. Those are sometimes good personality traits, and sometimes very bad traits, but…

  • If I Knew …

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    If I knew then what I know now … I wish I had known then how good Kim was and spent more time developing her skills instead of bemoaning her faults. She’s athletic, her jumping skills are truly wonderful even compared to a dog with years of foundation jumping work behind it, she’s enthusiastic, and…