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Benched!

Oh dear.

I’m glad we put the six-trials-and-six-shows in 10 days at the South Coast in the “too hard” basket this year.

Between hiring transport for myself and four dogs, accommodation, entries, food, and the sheer logistics of handling two not-entirely, and two entirely trustworthy dogs with no secure yard… it was just too [...]

Missed by >< that much

Good news/Bad news as it commonly happens.

The bad news is that we flubbed our run in Agility tonight; Gemma missed the down contact on the dogwalk and the seesaw(?) on her first “official” ADX trial.

The good news is that she was surprisingly fast, and she didn’t show any signs of discomfort!

Of [...]

Gemma’s five legs

No, she isn’t a mutant hell-bent on world domination.

Now that she has her UD title, she needs five UD qualifications at a score of 185 or better to earn her (much coveted!) “Obedience Champion” (OC) title.

Or should I say… she needs four more

In one of her best performances to date, [...]

Toes crossed…

Heather had her 16 week booster shots during the week, a little earlier than planned because Finn picked up a grass seed in the webbing of his inner right toes

The brave boy needed no chemical assistance during the removal of said seed, which was well and truly embedded.  The red welt went [...]

Second night, calf muscle, and art

So far, exactly according to schedule.  Heather stopped fussing within a few minutes of “lights-out” and was quiet until well after 8am.    Her bouts in the morning were much shorter, the gaps between longer.  She’s ‘getting it.’

She even spent about half-an-hour stretched out on my lap before bed, completely relaxed.

I’m afraid [...]

Forgive me for doubting you, Gemma…

Two separate trips to the club today for training; one in the early afternoon for Utility, then back after dark for Agility.

I should know better by now, that once Gemma ‘owns’ something, she ‘owns’ it.

She was rough, but ready for Utility.  She may have lost quite a few points for being loose [...]

Mystery limp – uh oh.

I’m afraid I might have gotten to the bottom of Gemma’s occasional limp.

She woke up this morning limping, and it wasn’t because of anything she’d walked on this morning – so it was either muscular, or something brought on by the dismal conditions last night at Agility.  Which we bombed.  I’m not surprised [...]