The Blog

  • So, doing the list of what Rio is doing at 12 weeks actually made me breathe a little easier. I’ve been worried I’m not doing enough with her, but when seeing it all written out I feel like we’re doing…

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  • 1. What are you thankful for this week? My mum getting up at 5am on Wednesday to see to Rio, and letting me get an extra 3 hours sleep. I needed that something wicked. 2. How do you deal with…

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  • Just notes so I remember what stage we were at! Rio believes in early to bed, early to rise. Current wake up time is 5am, far too early. Bedtime between 7:30-8:30pm. She can do Sit, Paw, and Down on command.…

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  • Back over at Tailwaggers this winter, they’ve done unaffiliated and I don’t blame them as the BAA has completely gone off the rails with some truly ludicrous rule changes amongst other things. Shame as it had the potential to be…

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  • Kim had a great run first thing in the Combined 1-7 Jumping, a course with just jumps (no tunnels/weaves), so it was a pure speed kind of course. She finished 7th, I think 4/5s off the winners but she was…

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  • Rio’s litter was the Sweetie Litter (hence her KC name!), and she was called Crunchie. The 6 week photos were taken when we first went to visit the litter and the breeder (and meet mum, dad, and a few other…

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  • Most of the photos I have are blurry right now. Mainly because as soon as I crouch to take a photo, she runs towards me. Which is adorable, but not particularly photogenic. She’s confident and independent and noisy and everything…

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  • Trijem Poppin Candy aka RIO Sire: Casa de Filler for Dreamweaver (imp AUS) Dam: Touchstone Lovely Rita Oakhill (imp USA) Finally got my beautiful Australian Shepherd girl. Expect 300billion photos in the next week, and a baby puppy photo post…

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  • Graveyard Playtime Originally uploaded by kayanem Yep, playing in the church graveyard. Wheeee! I’d explain, but really, do you need an explanation?

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  • Fun training session this week. We’ve spent a lot of time this month trying to get everyone to pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses so we have things to work on over the winter. So far everyone has something different to…

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