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Making better New Year’s resolutions | Blogs with Dogs
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Making better New Year’s resolutions. January 1, 2017. Good grief, she’s not going to make “drink more water” her New Year’s resolution again is she? Every year I make a New Year’s resolution. Sometimes the resolutions I make are very successful. Drinking more water wasn’t a problem (resolution achieved successfully in 2010 and 2014), and neither was reading more books (2013). Yeah me! When is she going to throw these clothes out? Kidding. Well sort of – I really do need to do that. However...I’m g...
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Blogs with Dogs | Agility and other musings | Page 2
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May 8, 2015. Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway. John Wayne. This blog post was going to be about something entirely different, but then I saw this quote on Facebook and it spoke to some of the thoughts I have had lately. I never thought I’d start teaching and run Soaring Paws Agility! I started officially teaching about eight months ago, and some days, I am still scared to death. I never thought I would run my own. Business, and because I’m an. Saddle up and keep going. How do we kn...
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Training (with) the Weak Link* | Blogs with Dogs
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Training (with) the Weak Link*. October 7, 2015. Name withheld to protect the marriage 😉. Flash back eleven years ago: Weak Link and I driving to the park with Siena, our young German Shepherd puppy. Weak Link. Commences yodelling. Puppy commences yodelling/screaming. Me: what are you doing? Weak Link: Siena likes to howl when we get close to the park. I’m teaching her. Me: do you think that’s a good idea? Weak Link: she likes it. Fast forward a few years, Siena screams when we get close to the park.
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Leaping Back | Blogs with Dogs
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November 6, 2016. How it feels when things don’t go well. A good friend asked me to write a blog about why and how to keep playing agility when things aren’t going well. It’s awfully easy to be positive when things are generally going well and you’ve just encountered a small blip, but what about when that blip is a bit more of a mountain? A long, steep mountain covered in ice and snow. How fun is this? The word resilient derives from the Latin verb. Agility with stars in my eyes. There are some fantastic...
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The Value of Volunteering | Blogs with Dogs
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The Value of Volunteering. April 1, 2015. If I advertised a free yes, free! Opportunity to learn about. Handling choices, connection between a dog and handler, course. Design, and dog behaviour, would you sign up? For me, that’s what volunteering as ring crew at a trial is all about. We’re very lucky in this area. We have wonderful people who. Tasu: while I wish he’d stayed this little and cute forever I’m glad he is old enough to compete now! I now have literally. I love all aspects of a trial. I lo...
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As Seen on TV | Blogs with Dogs
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As Seen on TV. July 4, 2015. My husband and I joke that two per cent of our holiday photos. Have me in them. I HATE having my photo taken. Making the leap to video – and specifically videoing my runs – did not come easily. Because frankly, video is a LIAR. In person I am much taller, I run twice as fast in person as it appears I do on the screen (in fact, I move like a gazelle on course), that puffy jacket flatters me, and what the heck, I am fifteen pounds lighter and ten years younger! Somewhere –...
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Leaping Back | Blogs with Dogs
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November 6, 2016. How it feels when things don’t go well. A good friend asked me to write a blog about why and how to keep playing agility when things aren’t going well. It’s awfully easy to be positive when things are generally going well and you’ve just encountered a small blip, but what about when that blip is a bit more of a mountain? A long, steep mountain covered in ice and snow. How fun is this? The word resilient derives from the Latin verb. Agility with stars in my eyes. There are some fantastic...
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Revisiting the Weak Link | Blogs with Dogs
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Revisiting the Weak Link. October 27, 2016. Dogs can spot the Weak Link* a mile away, kind of like he’s rolled in bacon or something. Wave, the latest addition to our family. It’s been a few years since the Weak Link first became. Famous. While I wrote the. Original blog post in secret – when the Weak Link was away working – I eventually confessed, and fortunately he was pleased that people thought the blog was funny (if you haven’t read it, you can read it here. There has been progress. So, if you remem...
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What do the week before a competition | Blogs with Dogs
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What do the week before a competition. September 17, 2014. So yes, this was a fun video to make. Even though it is meant to be a joke, there are a few elements of truth to itI have, on occasion, threatened to bubble wrap a dog. Five lessons I’ve learned about success. Having a plan is more than walking the course. 3 thoughts on “What do the week before a competition”. September 18, 2014 at 4:19 am. September 18, 2014 at 4:49 am. September 19, 2014 at 5:38 am. We loved this video Kiri! Carm on The Value o...
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October | 2016 | Blogs with Dogs
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Monthly Archives: October 2016. Revisiting the Weak Link. October 27, 2016. Dogs can spot the Weak Link* a mile away, kind of like he’s rolled in bacon or something. Wave, the latest addition to our family. It’s been a few years since the Weak Link first became. Famous. While I wrote the. Original blog post in secret – when the Weak Link was away working – I eventually confessed, and fortunately he was pleased that people thought the blog was funny (if you haven’t read it, you can read it here. So, if yo...