The Blog

  • The snow has stayed just long enough for some more photos. I think by tomorrow, or Saturday at the latest, it will be all gone again. The sun is out and the temperatures are on the rise. Kim is always…

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  • 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…

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  • Very productive flyball training session today. Although we were working the dogs in each team together, we mainly worked on individual stuff. Dylan did some jump-box-6 jumps back. Which is exhausting for me but really gives him a workout! It…

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  • Kimmy, you are so happy and smiley! How can you possibly hate this adorable little munchkin of a puppy? Look how cute she is! Oh, I see.

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  • Mollie is much better. We still aren’t sure what is wrong but she’s has been to the vet, got herself some shots and some medication, and she’s improving dramatically. Still on lead walks due to the injury, but so much…

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  • Today’s walk did not start out well. I took Dylan, Kim and Rio and stocked up on 1000 treats to reward Rio’s recall. We walked for 20minutes and Rio was appalling, barely recalling 50% of the time and haring off…

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  • Mollie’s injury is a multiple-options kind of injury, so we’re in a wait-and-see situation right now. She has a thumbnail-sized lump in her quad, which could be a) a bruise from running into something like a stick, b) scar tissue…

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  • Mollie came back from her walk on Thursday looking a little bit lame, nothing drastically unusual as Mollie has no body awareness or respect for things like walls, trees, solid banks of earth, so she does occasionally come back a…

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  • As with every year, I really wasn’t going to go, but then I knew somebody competing … actually, I knew a lot of people competing this year! But whilst I’m sure they will all be qualifying again next year, Tori…

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  • Still can’t believe the little horror is 6 months old. I also sometimes can’t believe how smitten I am with her! Even when she’s screeching in her crate for whatever reason. (And oh, there are many reasons). I had a…

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