The Blog
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I’m not holding my breath. Dylan and Rio got a short walk yesterday, I like to give the dogs a Down Day after a big hectic competition. But it was lovely weather out and who knows when we’ll get that…
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Dogs Unleashed 2012
Can’t believe this is our fourth year at this show! The first year we did it, at Newark, it was absolutely baking hot, and every year seems to have got slightly more damp. This year was a complete washout, I’m…
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Growing Up
Ri seems to be going through a fear period right now, which is a little weird and a little frustrating for me. She is fine with other dogs and in different situations, but has decided that all strange people are…
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Trips to Scotland
My lovely quiet weekend wasn’t so lovely and quiet, since I agreed to travel up to Scotland with Katie for her new puppy. Baby Rave (Capehope Rave On) is very very cute and tiny and naughty! I am puppy sitting…
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Saturday Flyball
Kim and Mollie’s Starter team is looking so good! We did some team training and a little head-to-head for Diva. Mollie was a Bad Dog because my mother wasn’t there running her, but thankfully she had an experienced handler to…
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The Team
Felt a little bit like I had my own personal team of flyball dogs this week at Thursday training. Kim and Mollie are both back to competition next weekend in Starters with another of our older but experienced dogs, Lucy,…
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Sneaky Beans
Turns out Rio is an evil genius, who knew? She was flawlessly perfect at agility training this week. Crazy enthusiastic but uber focused and keen, choosing tuggy over distractions (even in the form of that mistress of temptation, Fly!) and…
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Extra Agility, a Rio Special
Rio got some special Ri-only agility today. We had hired the arena for some extra training with the competition dogs this morning, but Dylan is still ill. He had lost some weight this month anyway (Dylan always does this at…
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Swallownest
Not a great weekend at Swallownest. Dylan was a little off on Friday evening but nothing dramatic, and I figured he’d just been eating something he shouldn’t (like he usually does). Unfortunately he was a sad man all day Saturday…
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Rio, 11 Weeks & 9 Months