Tag: agility

  • EMDAC – Mixed Fortunes

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    Kim Kim has ruined her reputation for consistency, if nothing else. She couldn’t have shown any less enthusiasm this weekend! She was placed 9th in Primary Agility on Thursday but I can’t even remember running the class so it can’t have been a great run, and it only got worse. We didn’t get another clear…

  • Graduation, upcoming EMDAC, Mollie can Jump!

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    I graduated on Monday — I’m now officially a graduate of the University of Leeds! I finished with a 2:1 in Classical Civilizations, I’m really chuffed. Unfortunately I now have to find a job and stop lazing around, very sad. My parents did get me a gift on Monday and so now I have my…

  • Otley – Finally Grade 3!

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    As many of you will have heard already, Kim was diagnosed with a heart murmur at the vets during her routine annual checkup and boosters. I didn’t post about it immediately because it took me a while to get my head around the idea that my beautiful girly could no longer claim to be in…

  • Agility Training

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    None of us really wanted to be at training last night, but equally we wanted some distraction. We left the contacts and just did some simple jumping courses instead. I ran Dylan with the new dogs as it does him good to go back to basics and boost his confidence. We definitely did that as…

  • Training in the Rain

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    The dogs and I had a fun session yesterday evening training in the rain! “Proper” training was cancelled so we lugged two jumps and the flyball box (and hurdle) to the park for a bit of an inpromptu training session with all three dogs. I think it’s good for the dogs to train in wet…

  • Creepy Contacts

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    I should have known something would go wrong at some point! Dylan has been so good and so consistent with his contacts until now that I should have been suspicious, nothing is ever that easy. At the weekend at EMDAC he was playing in the practise ring with me and he was abruptly very slow…

  • Still Grade 2 … EMDAC May and Waldridge Fell

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    EMDAC Kim and Dylan at EMDAC this time, but just for one day. Both were entered for 4 runs each but I ended up pulling Dylan from both his agility classes, he’s still not confident on the seesaw. He made up for it by having a decent run in the Helter Skelter (got E’d!) and…

  • Sequences and Dylan

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    Dylan worked really well at training this week, and I feel like we’re seeing some improvement now. The boy can really move when he wants to, just need to get the handler sorted now. I have to be early with my cues and verbals to get the tight lines, otherwise he just picks a jump…

  • My dogs are Melting

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    It’s really very hot here right now. I hope it cools down a bit for the weekend, but the BBC are cheerfully informing us of all the nice sunny weather we have to look forward to. Really not great for Mollie! The weather seems to have induced all the dogs to blow their coats, so…

  • Kim has lost her Crazy

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    We had a very disappointing weekend at Shrewsbury. Kim just wasn’t working and I’m actually pretty worried about her, she was very tired and quiet for the whole weekend. Anybody who knows Kim will attest to the fact that she’s a very noisy girl and likes to bark! But this weekend she was heading back…