The Blog
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I love this tournament; my dogs and my team always seem to run well at Sutton Fields, and it’s always been my milestone tournament as well. Kim got her first sub-20 time in 2006, retired 2011, Dylan did his first…
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Kim
Kim Originally uploaded by kayanem
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Good Teacher
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…
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UKA Dig It September
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…
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Contact Board
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…
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Bispham
Our plan was to try and get to a beach sometime this bank holiday. It’s always a bit of a hassle; so few dog friendly beaches at this time of year, especially within 2 hours of us. We live pretty…
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British Flyball Championship 2012
I can’t believe it was a full week since we were sat outside at Arbury Hall, sorting out the last minute arrivals and putting up tents. It was a bit weird being there with just Mollie and Dylan; Rio was…
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Happy Birthday Rio!
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in RioHappy birthday to my amazing Riobean. I’m sorry you’re spending your birthday going stir crazy on cage rest. Rio sliced her front pad last week and is on cage rest. It was a very deep but clean cut, so she…
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Training
Very happy with Dylan’s agility training this week. We still have runs in competition where I have no idea what he’s thinking or why he’s acting the way he does, but that is a general Dyl-me problem, not an agility-specific…
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Kamal Fernandez Seminar
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in TrainingI was supposed to go to this seminar with Katie, but she started work early so I drove down to Lincoln by myself. I got a spectator ticket as I tend to take more in that way, but I would…