Cadbury, Sparrow, Merlin, Swift and Me
After a break from training due to first me being broken and then Merlin grazing his paw, we finally were back at Broads this Tuesday. Running two dogs over the same course is always interesting as it reveals their different strengths and weaknesses, and shows up the areas I need to work on. Merlin was... Continue Reading →
Teaching your dog to close a door is a fun trick that builds confidence. It is something service dogs are often taught to aid their new owners. In this tutorial we are looking at how to teach it using a nose touch, rather than a paw touch (though the principals are the same). The video... Continue Reading →
Sundays ought to be sunny! That's Cadbury's motto, and I quite agree with him. After all, it isn't called Wetday or Rainday, is it? And when the sun is shining and you have free time on your hands you just have to go out for Sunday lunch, right? Cadbury reckons Sunday lunch should happen... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid I didn't realise that some people didn't live near the sea. The ocean was such a big and seemingly permanent part of my life that I just assumed it was the same for everyone. As I grew older, I learned that not only did some people not live near the... Continue Reading →
Cadbury and the Twitcher. A walk in the park is never boring with Cadbury around!
Today I spent some time training with Helen Anderson. We were working on turns over jumps, and one of the things I wanted to look at was Sparrow's tendency to go wide after jumps. I basically wanted to know if it was something I was doing or a training issue. Helen had me working on... Continue Reading →
The sun was shining down on us at DBDT this weekend. Despite a bit of a dodgy sciatica, I managed some great runs with the dogs, coming away with two clears for Merlin and a first placing for Sparrow Merlin's Runs Merlin is back in action after a grazed paw meant he had to... Continue Reading →
One thing you quickly learn when running a fast dog is that you are often behind them and in the wrong place! (Well, I am anyway!) Being able to rear cross or 'scoop' them over a jump or obstacle is essential. But it is something I have been struggling to train Sparrow. Part of the... Continue Reading →
Agility is a sport all about heights - how tall a dog is determines how high they jump. And getting a young dog measured is one of the things you will find people regularly worrying about. All organisations are different in the way they measure and their height categories, but a number use hoops which... Continue Reading →
...you find tennis balls in random places. Dogs and tennis balls, like strawberries and cream, such a perfect combination (and look I made a Wimbledon connection too!). Don't ask me how it happened, but centuries of domestication seem to have turned the average wolf descendant into a ball obsessed loon. I figure if you throw... Continue Reading →
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