The Blog
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So I wasted an hour today doing this. It might be productive, who knows?! My handy reference guide says as a rule, to be competitive at Grade 6/7 you need these kind of times for the obstacles: Aframe: 1.3s Dogwalk:…
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Washout
Home Farm was the flyball that never was. We got a call about 5 minutes before we loaded the dogs up to set off, saying it had been cancelled due to unexpected heavy rain overnight. We weren’t the only people…
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A Moment from the Archives
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in Dylan“Puppy arrives tomorrow, and he still doesn’t have a name. ‘Flynn’ sounds too much like Kim, and ‘Olli’ sounds too much like Mollie. My sister has a very loud and active campaign for ‘Theo’ going, and my mum says ‘Indi’…
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Lazy Days
Bit of a photo post today, since I haven’t really got much to say. A few shots from over the summer that I never got around to posting, and a few more recent ones. Dylan doesn’t normally have bad training…
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Agility Training/BAA Promotion
The BAA Promotion requirements have changed slightly and Dylan is no longer up for automatic promotion, so he can stay in Introductory for another year! This is very good news, especially considering how naughty he was at training yesterday. We…
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Yorkshire Bouncers
YB is always a small, friendly and local show; lots of flyballers present, which helps! Kim Kim had her last set of Primary classes today. We had a really good day, she was a lot more motivated and enthused than…
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Camera Issues, Training Dylan
I really wanted to put some photos on the blog this week, but my camera has decided to stop working. For whatever reason it won’t charge or connect to the computer (which I suppose means it could be an issue…
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BAA Promotion
As I may have mentioned (once or twice maybe!), I’ve been anxiously awaiting the end of year BAA League Tables to see how Kim and Dylan have fared. I was always pretty confident that Kim would be promoted to Novice…
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Wilton (Northern Week)
Heh hum, some shows you like and some shows you don’t. I don’t think I’ll be bothering with Wilton again. It’s too far away, the venue is rough, the show feels tiny and slightly “homemade” despite the 6 rings. There’s…
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BAA Finals Weekend
We set off very early on Saturday morning for the BAA Finals Weekend. Kim had qualified for the Grand Prix Primary Jumping Final on Monday, and I wanted to get some last points in for her in the hopes of…