The Blog
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This was such a fun tournament. I think everyone knows what an absolute Olympics fangirl I am, and I was gutted not to get tickets for our home games this year. Instead I’m glued to the television 24/7 watching all…
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Dog Vegas July 2012
I was really happy with our runs on Friday. We didn’t have a “perfect” run and that kept us from the placings, but our times weren’t far off. Most worrying run was in the first class. Sat watching, a few…
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Monsters Fun Day
Our flyballing friends at Monsters Flyball held a fun day over in York at the Yorkshire Museum of Farming. Katie and I thought it would be good socialisation for Rio and Rave, and Katie brought Jetly Awesomeface along as well,…
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Epworth/Drax/DruridgeBay/Somewhere Flyball
We were originally entered at Epworth, but then venue changes and tournament changes and we ended up running at Drax. The dogs got to compete and everyone was happy, and our top team actually won their division despite running a…
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Dig It Dogs UKA
Well, we were supposed to be flyballing at Osmaston but with the rain came cancellation, and in time to make other plans. Emma and I had always been eyeing up the UKA show at Sandbach in Cheshire, but flyball got…
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Mollie Joint Care Trial: Final Feedback
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Mollie’s Joint Care Trail finished a few weeks ago, and I’ve just sent in my final testamonial form. In essence, there was absolutely no difference to Mollie’s mobility after 6 weeks on the Joint Care+ treats. Mol only has slight…
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Rio Contact Training
This was Rio’s third time on the board, and this is her whole session. She’s maybe done 10-15minutes total, at this stage? No luring, no targeting, no physical placement from me. I’m happy! I added a lot more movement in…
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Puppy Hello
Rio met Rave after training this week. She was very appropriate and gentle, which is a little weird to see in Ri! She wasn’t 100% convinced he was a real dog, mainly because he’s not allowed to run wild and…
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Rio Recalls
Rio stepped up to two hurdles this week. You can see what a puppy she still is as she runs, but also what a different kind of movement she has anyway compared to the collies. Border collies (like Dyl) run…
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Miss Rio, 10 Months
I think skipping agility class for a few weeks is a good idea. I needed to scale back a bit, and focus on getting her working attitude when we’re working together in the park, or at competitions in the exercise…