The Blog

  • Rio was a very good girly this week at training. She’s getting a lot more comfortable with jumping at Small height, and we actually did some more complex sequencing this week. Complex at this stage meaning a couple of front…

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  • My last post apparently ruffled a lot of feathers, which is sort of funny really, since most of the offended parties weren’t the people I was thinking of when writing. Strange how that happens, isn’t it? None of the offended…

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  • Very tiring day at Drax, but it’s always a well run competition and even with three rings and a minor medical emergency that shut down one of the rings at the end of the day, we were still heading home…

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  • Although Dylan and Rio would beg to differ, we had a productive day! Chutes, plural. Because I had to buy enough wood for two to get enough wood for one, so it made sense. Just trying to sort out matting…

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  • There is a definite chill in the air. There was some pretty morning frost on the ground today, which was nice to look at but a bit too cold for me. We seem have have skipped straight through summer and…

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  • Rio passed her Foundation Obedience assessment with no problems. So she got a certificate and a tuggy! Posing for photos is borrrrring, however. I also attempted to take some stacked photos of her, but only one was really worth posting…

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  • I am feeling very productive this week (with regards to dog training. Other things, not so much). Dylan did some light work at agility last Tuesday, but I was conscious that he might be carrying an injury, so we didn’t…

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  • I love this show, I love being back indoors. I love Myerscough, it’s such a light and airy arena. Why can’t we have indoor shows all year round?! Dylan also loves Myerscough, I have no idea why because on paper…

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  • Waiting on Rio to go into season at the moment. I sometimes can’t remember why I’m bothering to go through this! I’d really like her to come in any day around now, really … Ri is running super at agility,…

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  • It’s been a busy week for Rio this week, she had a bath on Monday, agility class on Tuesday, and obedience class on Thursday! She was super at agility, we were building on the wing wrap work we’ve been doing…

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