We stuck with our original lineup for Dylan’s team and it worked well, we were running more consistent times but not nearly as fast as I would like. Chip and Dylan were running just over 10s as a pair pretty much all day, which I was pleased about as a consolation. They’re running over 14″, and taking into account starts and changeovers, must both be running under 5s. We desperately need a height dog as it would drop us from 21-22s times to 19s easily. Dylan’s boxturn was sharp but not perfect, 3 paw hits most of the day, but it was slippy underfoot and he actually fell over completely at one point (nobody but Dyl could capsize on a boxturn) so I know he was just being overcautious. Where is the real summer weather?!<\/p>\n
Mollie was slated to run with the top team (our only team to actually have a height dog at the moment) but circumstances meant it was easier for us to run a 4 dog team instead. I was ball collecting and helping Lucy work on her changes (running anchor), and we got it to perfection by the afternoon’s racing. A much better seed time now of 18.83 and the team still have plenty to find in there. I can’t see them breaking 18s with the current lineup, but 18.20 should definitely be possible.<\/p>\n
Rio was really well behaved, apart from using people as launch pads or targets. She has a lot of love to share, and apparently that means she needs to sit on your head. Unfortunately she’s figured out that if she launches herself and clings like a limpet to my chest when I’m stood upright, I have to either drop her or pick her up properly. I always pick her up, apparently I’m a soft touch. At which point she usually lays over my shoulder and kisses people, I don’t even know what I have created some days.<\/p>\n
She did some great recalls, and we took our dead-toy training on the road. She was foot perfect, including running to the dead tug and then fetching it to me to continue tugging. Progress!<\/p>\n
As Mollie didn’t get to do flyball, we took Rio, Mollie, Chip and Fly into one of the crop fields for a run. Wish I’d had my video camera, hilarity ensued and it turns out Chip is quite the sneaky lurcher. Fly didn’t approve, she is a serious and thoughtful kind of girl who does not see the point to silly behaviour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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