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Agility Addict: 5 ways to Overcome Performance Based Anxiety
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Thursday, August 06, 2015. 5 ways to Overcome Performance Based Anxiety. Anxiety sucks. It cripples, disables and renders people without hope, optimism or courage. It invades the brain and controls functionality. Everybody suffers from anxiety to some degree or another - about something or another. Good Air in. Bad Air out, Just a couple of cycles will make a difference but the quieter a place and the more time you can put into breathing properly. The more significant the impact will be. In fact think ab...
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Agility Addict: August 2014
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Monday, August 18, 2014. May I please . Age as gracefully as Brody. Ever the good sport. His vision is nearly gone, his hearing is truly diminished (he even misses the food cupboard opening! And when we walk together it's my job to stay with him - a total role reversal of the last 13 years. He may feel an ache, a pain, a momentary lapse of awareness but he doesn't let it get him down. Sometimes he has to stay home and he is pretty expressive about telling us he could keep up if we'd give him a chance.
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Agility Addict: Bystander Busybodies ...
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Thursday, January 29, 2015. Heard the adage "if you can't say anything nice say nothing at all"? When I first started agiliting (why isn't that a "real word yet? However, and it's a BIG however, the nasty snarky comments that are not my issue, nor personal (they are often freely dispensed over the course of a day) are still thoughtless and often cruel. They are disrespectful and hurtful and often cause pain. As a person who may want to help someone THINK before you speak. Answer " I really loved X Y and ...
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Agility Addict: Thea
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In 2003 I dropped Thea's very pregnant mother, Emma, off at her foster home (one of our amazing vets! When Emma came in we knew her "puppy daddy" was also chihuahua - we had him too! As I dropped Emma off at the vets I joked quite loudly that if she had a chocolate short haired female we'd know Joe expected the puppy to live with us. That seemed unlikely given Emma was a cream long hair and her partner was a tan and black short hair. Thea came home permanently! I was determined that Thea would be the bes...
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Agility Addict: The Weather Outside is Frightful ...Let Us Learn, Let Us Learn, Let us Learn
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Monday, December 01, 2014. The Weather Outside is Frightful .Let Us Learn, Let Us Learn, Let us Learn. I am a teacher. I am a teacher because I love learning. I sure didn't love school as a student. (Let me be honest - there are things about the institution of school I am not to fond of as an educator either.). DABAD topic of the day: Continuing Education. Tons of blogs way better than this on this topic at the link here. And onwards we will go. My biggest single thought on this? Know your dog area well?
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Agility Addict: Spring
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Saturday, April 11, 2015. It really could arrive any time. This was 15 days ago, Now it's mud and snow patches. The agility equipment is visible and that field is pretty high so hopefully soon we won't do damage if we play on it. I'm taking Fenzi's stay course - did the first few things but haven't done much this week, It's tough balancing working full time outside the farm, farm stuff and training stuff. Housecleaning? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to My Addiction. Thea - an adorable chihu...
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Agility Addict: Brody's Page
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Brody is a rockstar . born in July of 2000 he had a lousy start at life. Born in a puppy mill and sold through a broker he ended up in a home with a toddler that had never had a puppy before. Knowing Brody now I can only imagine the hell that would have been for him then. He was "impossible" to house train and used shark puppy teeth on everything in sight. He was surrendered to the shelter I was working at in January of 2001. I was struck by him from first view. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Thea - an ador...
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Agility Addict: November 2014
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Saturday, November 15, 2014. It just makes my heart hurt . I err on the side of caution. This I know. I laugh at myself sometimes. I'd love to enter the trial in a month but Sally was sore a year ago at that time so I won't.". I volunteered to work and Sally will be too stiff if she sits in a crate for the day - even if it would be after her classes". Oh Harri horse looks a little stiff, we'll go for a walking hack instead of the ring work we had planned.". And so on . Do you think it's painful? Seriousl...
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Agility Addict: January 2015
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Thursday, January 29, 2015. Heard the adage "if you can't say anything nice say nothing at all"? When I first started agiliting (why isn't that a "real word yet? However, and it's a BIG however, the nasty snarky comments that are not my issue, nor personal (they are often freely dispensed over the course of a day) are still thoughtless and often cruel. They are disrespectful and hurtful and often cause pain. As a person who may want to help someone THINK before you speak. Answer " I really loved X Y and ...
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Agility Addict: when I turned 30
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Sunday, March 15, 2015. When I turned 30. I knew everything the year I was 30. I had experienced death, too much death, loss of tragic dimensions, a successful career in which people were priming me for leadership. Animals of all types had come through our door and gone out our door. I had done enough local media that I was (rarely) randomly recognized by complete strangers. I had this thing called life well in hand. I was called as an expert on all kinds of odd things. It was a simple year. I'm an educa...
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