The Blog
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Kim was flying last night, we had a lot of fun and some very nice runs. She always works better if she’s wound up by watching other dogs work, and hopefully now she’s moving up the levels there will be…
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Autumn Walk
Lovely day for a walk. Dylan thought so too! The girls kind of always wander off for a while when we start on a walk. Or at least, they do until I produce their most favourite toy ever, Snake! I…
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Things I Learnt Today at Flyball
Dylan simply cannot flyball in ankle deep mud. He doesn’t go anywhere and falls over a lot. Mollie firmly believes that Jet drops her ball, even though Jet doesn’t. Jet cannot understand why Mollie is following her. You can’t throw…
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BFA to follow NAFA? 5"Below Height Dogs
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in FlyballI am so excited to see that the BFA is sending out postal votes to see if members are happy and willing to change the current ruling to fall in with the rule change NAFA made earlier in the summer…
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Mollie's Ears
MollieBaldEars is back amongst us! She had a lovely time at the vets, she get’s spoilt rotten with cuddles whilst she’s there. Her ears are now all clean and shiny and sadly hairless, so she looks hilariously bad. Possibly as…
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MollieDog's Off to the Vets Again
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in MollieNo flyball training this morning, too many people on holiday. Which is a bit weird, but there you go! Should have been Newark next weekend but we’re not going now, which is probably a good thing as Mollie is off…
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Kennel Club Flyball: A Change for the Better
The Kennel Club has just announced that they’re making a change from the “traditional” foot-pedal “Crufts Box” to the flat-fronted style used by the BFA. A bit of history first, I think. The British Flyball Association was formed in 1994…
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Vet Trips, Fireworks Etc
Mollie is off to the vet tomorrow with what we think is an ear infection. She’s been walking around with lopsided ears for the past three days and although we initially thought she was just being odd (it’s very hard…
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Frustrated
Training was … “interesting” this week. Dylan was totally over the top, completely overexcited and silly. Broke all his waits, pushing all his contacts, just pushing in general on everything that was asked. It sounds really odd when I try…
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Restless Paws
‘Owlers have withdrawn from Newark in 2 weeks for various reasons, which I’m a bit sad about because it means Kim won’t have a chance to run “properly” indoors this winter season. Kim loves running indoors, perferably in the loudest,…