Agility
Rolling On
Everything has started again for 2014; we’ve been back to agility training and done two flyball sessions now. Dylan and I also went on a Maintaining the Canine Athlete workshop with Veterinary Physiotherapist Hannah Michael, which was excellent. Would highly…
December Flurries
I wrote my last post in haiku, and I make no apologies. Dyl and I had a good time at Wyre, we always do. I said Wyre would be the last one, but I’m going to enter Wilmslow as well.…
Wyre 2013
Dull motorway rain I’m worried about the tyres Car pulls to the right Small arena Combined 5-7 Jumping I suppose it’s ok A pull-through start Nine weaves into nowhere I got lost Looking forward Graded 6-7 Agility…
Shiny Rio
I don’t post very often about me; my blog is about the dogs, and I try to keep the non-dog stuff away. However, sometimes it falls together. Last week was very tough for me. Lots of things have been piling…
A Plan Comes Together
I love teaching weaves. There’s always a part where I hate it, right around the bit where it seems like we’ve been working on them forever and nothing is happening. But then it all comes together and I remember why…
Wilmslow Nov 2013: Unexpected Results
I always forget how much Dylan really loves running at Myerscough. It certainly helped that we were running on Adams equipment, so no aluminium contacts for him to worry about (just heavy seesaws, but the tipping point is standardised in…
Time Well Spent
Dylan came to training and did some training, for once. It was nice. He’s so easy to run, even if he can’t turn or jump nicely. Comfy pair of socks, well washed and groomed this week, with his paws trimmed…
A Long Wait
I don’t think I’ve ever gone a whole month without blogging before. Technically, I still haven’t, since I blog for The Phantoms and for North K9 as well, but I haven’t blogged here. My thoughts, my dogs, my blog. I…
All the Way Up
Only quick blog notes again, for posterity. In short, Rio was great at training this week! Second time on seesaw, confidence improving dramatically. Did 7-8 reps holding seesaw and lowering gently, feeding throughout, then running off and feeding again. Rio…
A Mini Break
A mini break for Dylan, anyway. Since he’s retiring in a few months — just two shows left! — Dylan isn’t really training any more. He has all the skills he needs, and none of his behaviours are going to…