Flyball Training

First of the new year, finally! It was good to be back. Not that I had a dog to run; too cold for Kim’s old bones and as Dylan has 3 weeks of agility competitions in a row I didn’t want to risk overworking him in a flyball session.

Rio had fun, she met Chip and Bertie the giant Lurchers again, plus Bobbi the tiny hairy JRT, the Labradors, the Beardies, and all the other mishmash of crossbreeds. She’s also really happy to meet and greet people when they’re in a group, but if we meet an individual she is way more cautious. Lots of cuddles with people dressed in all kind of weird ways (it was very cold this morning), and also with a group of 10-12 young teenagers who appeared to watch mid session. They were fairly rowdy, smoking, loud, etc and she was friendly and happy.

Mollie had loads of fun but she was so tired at the end of the session, but a careful warm up and cool down mean she isn’t stiff this evening.

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14 Weeks(Mollie loves her really. Maybe only when she’s asleep.)

Vaguely continuing from my previous post, I love this:

Getting ANY puppy, from ANY brilliant line, after a TON of research, after EVERY aptitude and health test in the book, is still a risk. You never know what happens, you never know what the outcome (or the influences towards that) will be. Even if you do everything right, something can still go wrong. This risk is not a problem for me. I commit to my dogs regardless, whether they will turn out to have issues (health or behavioural), they can live happy lives with me and we will deal with it. It doesn’t make the risk any less. I think most agility people have the hope that their new puppy will be a ‘little better’ than their previous dog. It is natural. But 99.99% of use couldn’t care less after the first week with our new addition. Our boys (and girls) just crawl into our hearts and stay there. Oh please, still do your research and your tests! VERY important to try and minimize the risk as much as we can.


Chaos Theory

Although I feel obligated to point out that I don’t hope Rio is a “little better” than Dylan, I hope she’s a lot better, just as Dylan is a lot better than Kim. If she’s only a little better then I’m doing a terrible job of learning from my mistakes.

Early Mornings in November

Early Morning November I think the big dogs are enjoying their Rio-free walks. They get to enjoy them for a while longer yet, as even when she’s allowed out, she’ll be heading out on much shorter walks until she’s grown a bit more. Kim or Mollie will chaperone one younger dog each, depending on the day and the time and how cold it is. Kim doesn’t like to go so far in the cold. She had to wear one of her snoods this weekend!

The fog came down for the whole day after our lovely morning stroll though. A little creepy, we were glad to be heading home by the end of it.

Early Morning November

Early Morning November

Early Morning November