The Blog
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Dylan and I are going on a training day in a week or so, which I’m quite looking forward to. It was a tough choice over whether to take Kim or Dylan, but the session is for Grades 1-4 and…
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A SG Response
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in AgilityI’m impatient to get back to training, mainly because Dylan is going stir-crazy and driving me nuts. He walked backwards, herding my feet and biting the snow, for the majority of our evening walk today. That’s about 2 miles. Crazy…
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Hunmanby Gap
Jane and Andrea have been telling us to visit this beach for months, and we finally got around to it last week. It was really cold, but the dogs loved it. Kim loved chasing the birds, Mollie lovedchasing Kim, and…
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Mollie's 2008 Review
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in MollieI never set any goals with Mollie. Mainly because she’s not my dog; unlike Kim and Dylan, I don’t get final say over her training and competing, or over her diet and her exercise, or anything else related to her…
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Dylan's 2008 Review
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in DylanWe just had one goal at the beginning of the year. Dylan to get his 200 points (Flyball Dog Award) in BFA Flyball And we achieved it! It shouldn’t have been hard and somehow it really was, but my tall…
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Merry Christmas
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Kim's 2008 Review
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in KimI know this is a little early but I have 2 more to post (Dylan and Mollie) and only 2 weeks until the end of the year! My goals for 2008 with Kim were: Qualify for a final Kim to…
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Nearly Christmas?!
I can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas! Just 10 days to go, crazy. The dogs have not been getting into the festive spirit, yet. Dylan seems intruiged by the baubles on the tree, and equally terrified and fascinated by the Santa…
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Barking Dogs
I was reading a blog post earlier about dogs barking when playing agility. Obviously relevent to my interests! I blogged a long time ago about Kim’s barking habits, but in summary: If I have a quiet Kim on my hands…
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More Course Analysis
Dylan is still sound and showing no signs of lameness or soreness. He’s stretching out fully when he gets up and I’ve checked for neck extension and curve (ie. holding a treat just to the left or right of his…