April Snow

We got snow! A little worrying as I’m camping this weekend at Hare’n’Hounds but I’ve been reassured that there is no snow up in York. I’m pleased Rio got to play in some wintery weather whilst she is still a pup, puppies in the snow is adorable.

Still, a huge contrast from last week where we were playing in the stream to keep cool. Climate change is really screwing with us!

I didn’t do much at agility training this week; Rio went back in the car after 10 minutes, she wasn’t interested in working from the start and once she’d run off to do a meet-and-greet and didn’t recall, I put her away. I want her to have fun but she also needs to know that our 30mins of agility time is precious. She’s just a baby and I’m sure this won’t be the last time!

We cut our last session short as the snow was falling heavily by 9pm. Our venue is exposed and accessed via a steep road, which none of us wanted to get stuck on heading home! That worked out quite well for Dylan as I only intended to do 15 minutes of work anyway, I want to keep him fresh for the weekend. I think our biggest challenge will be maintaining over three days, we’re back outside after doing indoor 1-day shows all winter and it does make a difference! It also means he didn’t get to go and play in the snow today. I feel like a heartless owner but he got a nice chew instead. Of course, not even that could keep him safe; when I came home I had to stick my fingers down his throat because he’d got it stuck to the roof of his mouth and was panicking. Over caution = justified.