2009 Review: Kim
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The Blog
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My goals for 2009 with Kim were: Kim to win out of Grade 4 (not on points) Kim to get her Agility Warrant Silver award Kim to win out of either Novice Jumping or Novice Agility under the BAA Kim…
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Freezing Something Off
I was stood in a field at 9:10am this morning, setting up flyball jumps and holding a tape measure on the snow covered ground. The weak winter sun was just coming up over the bare frozen trees, and all the…
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Butterley, Blakeley & Wessenden
No flyball training, no competitions, but we have to do something on a weekend. So we hit a section of the Kirklees Way which is very familiar to me and dad, but not so much to the dogs. We used…
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Pentax K-x: One Week Later
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Still in love. All these shots are from the big 55-300mm lens on Sunday, I haven’t quite got the hang of that one yet! Also been playing with shutter speeds, these were taken with the standard 18-55mm. I haven’t quite…
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Can't Won't Fail
This is what we worked on at training this week. It was fun! It was also not intended to be as difficult as it was; on paper, we thought it was pretty simple, but then we all tried it and…
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Doncaster Flyball
Doncaster hold their winter tournament at the Northern Racing College, and I’ve been to this venue plenty of times, but I’ve never seen any Thoroughbreds until this weekend. They didn’t seem all that bothered with us, to be honest. Bit…
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Wyre Agility
This is my traditional end-of-year show now, I think! We’ve done it since 2004, it was the first show that Kim properly behaved at and I felt relaxed and we just had fun. The year after, we came 4th in…
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Something Tasty
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Snuggley Warm (Pentax K-x First Impressions)
I’m in love with this camera, it’s amazing. I am trying to remain objective and thoroughly test drive it this week, but I love it too much already! For those who don’t know, I eventually bought the Pentax K-x, and…
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Shopping Spree (?)
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in PhotosIt’s not really a spree. It was quite well planned, really. From top to bottom: The Girl Who Played with Fire (Stieg Larsson) The Men Who Stared at Goats (Jon Ronson) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Stief Larsson) La’s…