tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80681327650974404822024-03-19T04:39:43.554+00:00HudsonDogletsHudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.comBlogger525125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-55329684231031868072013-05-02T13:01:00.000+01:002013-05-02T15:37:49.534+01:00All about PoppyWell, it's rather a long time since I wrote on the blog. I didn't really mean to have such a long break but things got quite hectic for us and time just seemed to fly past. Sadly, I have recently lost my beloved little Poppy and that is why I want to write on the blog again. I wanted to write some words and include some photographs of my beautiful girl so that I can look back and reflect. I will write an update of what we've been up to over the past nine months or so but right now this post is all about Poppy, just as it should be.<br />
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Poppy was the fruit of two wonderful dogs, Mary Ray's 'Royale Dash' and Carol Blakiston's 'Woodsorrel Sorreline Red Russet'. This was a mating I had quite a bit of influence in as I knew that Mary was looking to breed Dash which wasn't proving easy and I was very familiar with Carol's line as we already had one of her dogs (Andy's beloved Molly.)<br />
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I desperately wanted a puppy from Dash as he was closely related to my first red and white collie 'Prawls Bess' who was bred from Royale lines and I also wanted a connection with Andy's Molly and importantly my special girl Abbey; this I got through Russet. For me, it was a perfect mating if it would happen. I put Mary and Carol in touch and luckily the mating was successful and the most wonderful litter of puppies was born. From this litter came Mary's special boy Quincy who most certainly has left a wonderful legacy throughout the agility world.<br />
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I held Poppy in my hands when she was just one day old. At the time I didn't know she was Poppy as I took forever to pick my puppy. I was very lucky and had pick of bitches and there were four, all of them gorgeous. My main focus was between two puppies neither of whom ended up being Poppy. I already had my name chosen - it was a name I always planned to use partly because of my love of red collies and partly because my very first collie cross was named by the rescue centre as Poppy. At the time I had my heart set on the name Lizzie so I changed her name (she was only a puppy) but I vowed to use this special name one day in the future.<br />
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Carol lived right on the Ashdown Forest at the time so I could easily visit the puppies and this I did on a very regular basis, probably driving Carol and her oh so patient husband Jack insane in the process. I spent hours and hours playing with the puppies, taking pictures and videos which I would send up to Mary as she wasn't able to visit living so far away. I picked Quincy for Mary at an early stage and was really happy when she agreed with my choice and really did pick him for herself.<br />
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About a week before the other people were due to pick their puppies, Carol started to gently prod me to make a choice. I left it right up until two days before the others were due to visit from the midlands (one of whom was my dear friend Dave Hurst). Unbeknown to me, Andy had picked Poppy right from the first day we saw her but didn't say anything as he wanted me to choose the right puppy for me. I sat on the floor absolutely flummoxed. I just couldn't pick between the two I liked 'no collar' and 'big blaze'. The pups were playing in a stable and I sat on the floor; Andy and Carol were in despair. They left me to think and as they walked away the little girl I had named as 'thin stripe' just climbed on my lap and snuggled up to me. I really hadn't paid her very much attention at all but I just looked at her and can remember saying out loud 'oh my god, you're Poppy' and that was it. I had picked my precious girl, rather she had picked me. Andy came back and asked me what I had decided, when I told him he just laughed and said, "what on earth took you so long?"<br />
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I know we all tend to look back with rose-tinted spectacles but Poppy really was the perfect dog. She was naturally well mannered, she didn't chew anything as a puppy, she was playful, she loved life, she loved to do anything with me and she was the sweetest dog you could ever meet - she didn't have a nasty bone in her body. She was a very small collie but what she lacked in size she more than made up for in attitude and<br />
when unleashed in agility she truly was my 'pocket rocket.' I always felt that Poppy was born to do agility. She loved it with a passion and without doubt was the fastest learner I have ever worked with. She picked up things so quickly. She had the most amazing weave entries from anywhere, any angle and do you know, I really can't remember how I taught her. She just seemed to understand things and get on with them.<br />
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Poppy sustained a horrible injury (we believe in a collapsible tunnel) and I thought her agility career was over. We worked with the wonderful physiotherapist Sara Barnes for 17 months and not only did she resume a normal life (my sole aim) she came back to agility as fast and keen as ever. Poppy was Sara's very first agility patient and Poppy absolutely adored her. The day I ran her for the first time after months of therapy and rehab was so emotional. I cried my eyes out when we came out of the ring. She ran in Steve Treamer's agility and we left the ring winning the class. We ended up in 2nd place, I didn't mind being beaten because I was so happy to be running her again, plus the dog that beat me was Amanda Pigg's lovely Jag and the win took him to G7 so how could I begrudge that.<br />
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Poppy retired from agility at just over 10 years of age and had a wonderful and happy retirement. She used to love walking round the rings with me with her little orange 'chippy' chipmunk. That was her favourite reward. It's funny both she and Abbey loved those little toys. <br />
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Poppy and Abbey were very close, I can honestly say they never ever had a single cross word. They were great companions and Poppy was very down when we lost Abbey. Luckily for Poppy she made a second great friend in Andy's little Kizzy. They were inseparable in Poppy's last years. Kizzy has been quite down since losing Poppy and still lays on the rug beside my bed where Poppy's bed used to be. Kizzy never ever laid there before.<br />
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Sometimes my breath is taken away when I look at Tidey in certain poses. She is so like Poppy as a youngster, it tears at my heart.<br />
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I take comfort from the fact that I do believe that Poppy and Abbey are now reunited at the bridge along with Andy's Molly. Those three were something very special in both our lives.<br />
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So, to close here are some pictures of my beautiful girl but first of all, the words from my heart.<br />
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My darling little Poppy, I will never ever forget you and you will be forever in my heart. Abbey was so very special to me and you came along and quietly took second place in my affections or so it seemed to me at the time. As the years went by though, you stole my heart and your passing has left a massive hole which at the moment feels as if it won't heal. You truly stole my heart and I will miss you always. You were my heart dog and I don't understand why it took me so long to realise this. Sleep tight my beautiful girl.<br />
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Above are many of my memories of Poppy in photographs, this last one is my favourite and how I will always remember her.<br />
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Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-8098928825371485012012-06-25T13:40:00.001+01:002012-06-25T13:40:28.854+01:00Happy eighth birthday to my beautiful Naughty NiamhHappy birthday to my lovely girl. We share a birthday which is why I'm always so sure that Niamh really was meant for me. I love her so much.<br />
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<br />Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-82789263782609301182012-05-29T14:58:00.002+01:002012-05-29T14:58:47.509+01:00The WAO Experience<br />
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We had the most fantastic time in Belgium. Compared with driving to Austria last year for the EO's the journey was pretty easy. Our hotel was really nice, a bit oldy worldy but very comfortable and just under twenty minutes from the venue. We had a chilled afternoon and met everyone in the restaurant for a meal in the evening.</div>
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On the Wednesday we had our first training session and I for one found it really helpful. It was a well organised session and we had loads of time to cover all sorts of stuff. It really made me feel positive about things and really up for the competition.<br />
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On Thursday we had the shorter and more formal training session and again this a good session with all positive vibes for me and Zeki and I think for everyone else too. We had our team dinner on the Thursday evening and this was really good (even for us vegetarians!) We also had our team photos taken in the sunshine at the hotel. Thursday evening was also the opening ceremony and Zeki barked her way through most of it ... what a surprise.
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The <a href="http://www.dewarre.be/_le/home.php">venue </a>itself was pretty spectacular and very large! The walk from the outside rings to the main arena was quite a long way but it really wasn't a problem as the way the event is organised means that you know exactly where to be at what point. There are three groups A,B, and C and all courses are walked and run in rotation. It's a brilliant system which means you can watch all your team mates run and support each other.</div>
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Before we go on to the competition itself, here are some more pictures of Zeki and her buddies:</div>
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The competition was just brilliant. I loved nearly every single course that I ran with the exception of one which needed too many front crosses but even that was a challenge. I didn't run clear on all of them but I am really glad that all the training we did prior to the event paid off in that I walked them with conviction and attacked them when I ran. I can honestly say I didn't walk into a single ring and say to myself "I can't do that". Instead I just got on with committing the patterns to memory and then figuring out how I would handle them. The training helped not only in handling terms but also in my ability to commit tricky courses to memory quickly. My worst case was three courses to walk in a row but even that didn't throw me because once I'd walked them I knew we would be running them in the same rotation so I just concentrated on the first one and so on. It really helped.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">I made a bad choice in one course where I handled the weaves differently from most people in order to get up on the course, Zeki completed the weaves beautifully but I lost her over the wrong jump; in two other courses she ran brilliantly and I screwed up at the last but one jump. A bit frustrating to say the least. In our games classes we completed the snooker opening section successfully but then blew out in the closing section and similar in the gamblers. We ran clear on three courses, one of our runs helping our team to get into the final. All in all I was thrilled with Zeki and pretty happy with my own efforts. We had the benefit of Tace helping with our dogs (and ourselves, if needed, thank you Tace!) and so they were really ready to run each class. I also spent time warming myself up and found it really helped so I am going to make more effort on this front in my normal classes especially champ runs. By the third day this was a necessity for me as my back had begun to seize up quite badly. The ibuprofen and stretches kept me going!</span><br />
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The whole event was enhanced by our brilliant management team: manager (Jo Rhodes); coach (Ant Clarke) and sports and canine massage therapist (Tace Allen-Hunt).<br />
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Of course I mustn't forget our team mascot Riley:</div>
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You can see all the course plans <a href="http://www.worldagilityopen.com/courses.html">here</a>. Zeki and I competed in all of them and ran team agility on Friday.<br />
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Here are some videos taken by various friends, in no particular order. Some are repeated but shown from different angles.<br />
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The final video is a little compilation by Wendy Botto, thank you so much for doing this. Also thanks to Bernadette, Lian and Colin for the other videos, much appreciated.<br />
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The closing ceremony was rather long but there is no way round this. Several of our team got medals including clever little Tia (left above) with Marilyn. Well done everyone and thanks for being great team mates and making it such a fantastic experience. A really superb event and I feel really honoured to have been a part of it.<br />
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<br /></div>Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-64229580869232463032012-05-14T17:00:00.001+01:002012-05-14T17:00:44.904+01:00Final post before the WAO's in BelgiumWe are almost ready to leave. I am feeling really nervous but very excited at the prospect of setting off tomorrow morning.<br />
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We had our final training session at Leah's on Thursday night and at last we ran a tricky jumping course (from Scott Chamberlain, the US judge) clear on our first attempt! Whooppee! Below is the course plan, a good one to train on.<br />
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On Saturday we got up early and headed off to Birmingham for Beacon Show where Zeki had a champ class. Of course I desperately want to win that third ticket with Zeki but equally important to me was to run with positive mental attitude and run clear in a competitive environment prior to the WAO's. I am glad to be able to say that we managed this. Our first class was G1-7 jumping and it was a well thought out course which is very difficult for the judge when it crosses all the grades. Normally I don't take jumping classes seriously but I made myself focus and we ran clear coming 3rd so that was a decent start to our day.<br />
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The champ classes were probably a little faster and flowing thatn is my ideal but I was determined to get into the final and we did this by running clear in both the jumping and the agility. Our agility run was a little, shall we say, scary when I put in a cross which I didn't need and got myself into all sorts of trouble much to the amusement of everyone outside the ring. However, I didn't give up and got out of difficulty to finish with a clear round. <br />
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We were running late in the final at #16 so plenty of time for nerves. I made myself work on warming up both myself and Zeki which made sure we were ready to run when it was our turn (this is something I really must focus on and implement when in Belgium) and also kept me occupied. The course was a little trickier than the two qualifying rounds which was good. I made a stupid stupid error in the little handling section after the weaves but managed to get through it, however it definitely cost me time and we came 3rd by just over a second. That said I absolutely wouldn't want to suggest I could have won because the winning round by Jennifer Machon and her gorgeous little spaniel was sublime. One of those rounds where you just think the dog is on rails and nothing is going to stop them. I am just pleased that I was so close to the winning round with a bit of pilot error. It makes me take stock and realise what a brilliant little dog I have in Zeki. My job is to guide her better, she always gets things right if I give her the right information. So, I drove home from Beacon happy that I had achieved my aim and run clear in my classes. Sadly, I didn't stop to run my Crufts qualifier as I hadn't had a chance to walk the course and it was a typical Barrie James course, tricky with obstacle discrimination. The sort of course I absolutely love. The queue was enormous as everyone wanted to run once the champ final was over and I knew I had a long drive home.<br />
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I took Tidey with me to Beacon and we managed some really positive work around the rings getting her to focus on little tasks and her toy. She managed really well and we didn't have too much screaming. <br />
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I decided not to go to Tunbridge Wells on Sunday as the show had moved indoors due to the wet ground conditions. I am not good running on the sand at Ardingly as it's very uneven and wanted to go to Belgium with a positive feeling.<br />
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Tamzin stopped over Friday and Saturday night as she had a trade stand at Tunbridge Wells show and it was a bit cold and damp to camp (that rhymes :o) ) We had a good laugh and all made sure we put in multiple votes for Ashleigh and Pudsey in the BGT final on the Saturday night. They won by a pretty huge margin and so deserved it. Great to see a variety act going through to the Royal Variety Performance rather than yet another singer. Well done to a fantastic team.<br />
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So, that's it for now. Zeki is bathed and looks gorgeous and we are off tomorrow at about 9.30 am. I don't think I will sleep much tonight.<br />
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When I get back I will report on the experience plus lots of other things to catch up with. Bye for now!<br />
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<br />Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-89247156706028613992012-05-10T16:54:00.003+01:002012-05-10T16:54:46.489+01:00Less than a week before we travel to Belgium!I am both excited and nervous in equal quantities about the trip to Belgium and taking part in the WAO's. We have trained on courses for a month now and so there isn't any more training to do. Now it's about mental preparation and focusing on the task in hand.<br />
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We got together with a few friends on Saturday and trained over another course by the Danish judge Thomas Ammitzboll. It was another good test. After we had worked on that course, we removed the contact equipment and Leah added a couple of jumps, re-numbered and voila, we had a very difficult jumping course to work on. Both courses proved really testing and highlighted areas to work on for future but importantly areas to be 'managed' for the WAO. Here are the two courses that we worked on.<br />
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I didn't run Niamh at all on Saturday so that I could concentrate on Zeki. This proved worthwhile and thank you to Tracy for running Naughty Niamh who had a lovely time. Here she is between runs looking cheeky and cute! I love her so much and it was great to see her running so well with someone else. She looks gorgeous :o)<br />
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On Tuesday back at training we set up one more of Thomas's courses. This time a straight jumping course. When we had laid it out we were muttering that it was much easier than the courses we had worked on previously but then we thought perhaps we should run it before thinking like that. This proved to be true as the course was subtly more difficult than it looks. It was though, a little simpler than some of the stuff we have been working on and I think this was a good thing because although testing it proved to be confidence-building as it was just that little more achievable. A really good course to train on. After we had run it three times, Andy partially re-numbered and we worked on a second pattern. This second pattern was a little trickier but I was really pleased to run it clear first time! Yay at last I have run clear on a jumping course first hit! Normally I run Niamh in the first class but this week I swapped Zeki into Niamh's class so that I had to hit the course untried with Zeki. I'm really glad I did this as it is much more realistic. I worked out by the end of the evening that I had run ten full courses (1-20) with my two dogs plus a half hour puppy class with Tidey. No wonder I slept well!</div>
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I have one more training session with Zeki before the WAO which is tonight at Leah's. I hope I can keep running well with her. I went to Vyne show on Monday purely to try to get some good runs under my belt but the weather wasn't nice and I found the ground very slippery. This wasn't helped by the fact that I didn't have decent footwear for the conditions. I have such trouble finding shoes that fit comfortably and tend to stick with my Salomons whatever the conditions. As a result I was absolutely rubbish with both my dogs.<br />
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<br />Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-27250313210431477342012-05-02T13:23:00.003+01:002012-05-09T12:14:58.433+01:00More training for WAOLast night we worked on an agility course by one of the WAO judges. It was a really fun course with elements of difficulty and options for handling. Yay, Zeki ran clear first time so I was very happy with that. I need to achieve this same attack and success on a jumping course. Am going to pack in as much training as possible before the event. Working on these tricky courses for the past month has really helped me to prepare both mentally and physically. Only two weeks to go now!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the distance you can see Andy to the right of the tree, with a little blob behind him (Kizzle), a bigger blob in front (Murphy) and to the left of the tree and bushes a little red blob (Pop in her Hurtta coat). Becky must have been bhined the bushes!</td></tr>
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<br />Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-5344877183214082342012-04-30T11:07:00.000+01:002012-04-30T11:07:38.324+01:00A pictorial account of the south-east droughtThe drought we are currently suffering in our part of the country. <br />
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Having been for a lovely pub lunch with friends yesterday we got home and took our two groups of dogs for their separate walks. I distinctly remember saying to Andy that I was going to do a shortish walk as my girls had been on a huge walk the day before. However, this wasn't to be as I decided we would wade through the floods for fun. We got right to the end of the floods but couldn't get through as it was too deep. The water had already gone over the top of my wellies. We had to about turn and wade all the way back. So, our quick walk turned out to be 2.5 hours! Still, it made for a peaceful evening!<br />
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<br />Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-70578057583358055342012-04-27T12:30:00.000+01:002012-04-27T12:30:00.233+01:00Not long to go until the WAO'sYikes, not long to go now until the WAO's in May. We are travelling out on Tuesday 15th May and then there are training sessions on the Wednesday and Thursday with competition three days Friday-Sunday. Zeki is in nearly all of the events as we have recently been called to do the games classes. <br />
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I have been working on jumping courses and trying to get a better mind set when I step on the line. I think it's coming but I'm not there yet. We set up a good course on Tuesday night, again thanks to Greg Derret, it was a version of his masters jumping course from Easter Monday. Once more it was different from the original because of the shape of our arena. His course was designed to a square and we had to adapt to rectangular. It was a good course which had plenty of handling but flowed for the dogs.<br />
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Still I didn't manage to go out and run clear first time round. Zeki did a brilliant run but on my first attempt I lost her into the weaves # 11 instead of the tunnel #5. I started again and she ran clear. However, that is not going to be good enough. I have to run a jumping course clear first time before I depart. The course turned out to be a good training pattern as there were so many different ways of handling the weaves #11 through to tunnel #17. We ran the course the way we thought we could run clear and fast and once we had done that then we tried different things. Both Leah and myself found our final attempt at running the course to be our personal best attempts. In both cases it wasn't the way we chose to run it first time. So we took away from this not to be blinkered about how we handle certain sequences. <br />
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Last night Leah set up a jumping course for me at her club. It was very tricky and testing. I was reasonably pleased with my performance in that I actually got round to #17 before going wrong. This is further than I have been getting and it was an exceptionally tricky course. We worked through our errors and on my final run we managed to go clear. This is my best attempt at replicating the pattern we ran:<br />
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I am hoping to set up an extra training session at our school before the WAO in order to get some more practise in before we leave. I am also hoping to get in two competitions before the event both with champ classes for Zeki which will be good practise plus of course I so want to win that third ticket! We are booked at both Vyne and Beacon shows and subject to this wretched weather improving we will be there trying hard to give our best performance.<br />
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I got my tee-shirts back from Marilyn's mum who has made the most fantastic job of altering them. They now fit me and no longer look like tent dresses! <br />
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Here is a link to the <a href="http://issuu.com/dogsportmag/docs/waoissue2012">WAO magazine</a> in which Zeki and I feature on page 54.Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-33001166310753727182012-04-23T12:26:00.001+01:002012-04-23T12:26:14.643+01:00Happy twelfth birthday to our little 'Tri-Pawd' BeckyHappy birthday to our dear little Becky who is twelve today. She is so much happier than this time last year when although she had four legs she was in so much pain. Now she is smiling every day and back to her old happy-go-lucky self.<br />
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The hair on her operation site is really growing back thick and fast and I think once a bit of top coat comes through it will be hard to tell that she is in fact a 'Tri-Pawd'!<br />
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Managed to get some pictures of the garden to cheer the blog up. The garden is loving the current spell of wet weather and I think it shows.<br />
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For a couple of weeks now a little Blue Tit has been visiting our garden and we noticed it has an extra long beak. We have sent a picture to this <a href="http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw">organisation </a>as they like to keep track of weird things like this.<br />
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Here is a picture of our little feathered friend and some of the garden:<br />
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<br />Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-11901260608804439122012-04-18T13:06:00.000+01:002012-04-18T13:12:39.000+01:00Final WAO training session and what I need to work onOn Sunday we trekked off to Gloucestershire for our final official WAO training session. I have found these sessions really helpful as they have pushed me but also highlighted things I really need to work on. <br />
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Now all I need is for the weather to be a little kinder so that we can get outside and practise some of these things: sending Zeki onto an obstacle with me starting to pull away ready to run off in another direction; weaves into a solid obstacle e.g. side of a tunnel and more important that anything jumping courses period. I always do better on agility courses and really need to find a way of getting the right focus for jumping courses. My mind set is poor where jumping classes are concerned and I really need to work hard to change this attitude. Possibly this is because jumping classes have never really had much importance in British agility, even with our current championship class it isn't always critical to do a first class jumping run and so I tend not to take attack jumping courses the same as I do agility courses. Also, we rarely train over jumping courses because people want to train contacts and we tend to set up what the majority wants. Perhaps we need to change this practise and once a month set up a tricky jumping course. Anyway, all I know is that I have to change my attitude and fast.<br />
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So far I have used my new rubberised contacts just once, they have been wrapped up under their new covers since the day after I got them as we've had quite a lot of rain. Typical April weather really but after the very warm, dry March I think we all thought summer had arrived! Sadly not, although I am not truly sorry for all the rain because here in the south of England it is badly needed.<br />
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Colin Knight very kindly did some videoing at the weekend and here are a couple of Zeki's rounds as a result. Thank you Colin.<br />
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We picked up our WAO clothing on Sunday. Love the jacket but it was hilarious when I tried on my polo shirts. They were like dresses on me. Not far off knee length and miles too big in the body! Oops. Luckily Marilyn came to the rescue and took the shirts with her for her Mum to alter. What a super star. I honestly couldn't have run in those shirts as they were so huge. It provided a good laugh and I wasn't the only one, was I Bernadette LOL!<br />
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Last night at training we set up this course which is a take on Greg Derrett's UKA Masters agility course from Easter Monday. We had to adapt it because our school is rectangular whereas Greg's course was designed to a square. I expect some things were made easier and others more difficult as a result. All I know is that it was certainly testing but that I loved running it with both Niamh and Zeki. <br />
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It certainly tested two of the things I need to work on with La Beek: #4 to #5 where you had to commit the dog to #4 but be starting your move to get up the line and get into position for #6 and #17 weaves into the back of a rigid tunnel. Niamh popped out at the tenth pole but did it after rewarding with her ball, Zeki was foot perfect, clever girl. I also found I needed to handle the run up to the A-Frame differently for my two dogs. With Niamh (who has a stopped A-Frame) I layered #9-10 to the seesaw, got right up beyond the seesaw to recall over #12 so I could push to the rigid tunnel and then peel away from the A-Frame, recalling over #16 and scooping to the weaves. I did this with Zeki also and it worked well but I got a better running A-Frame if I didn't layer and actually worked the sequence slightly from behind. This meant I had more acceleration approaching the A-Frame and the pull away wasn't so obvious to Zeki. I love how this course made me think and how there were lots of ways of handling the various sequences within it. In my view a perfect course and I just wish we saw more like this at our shows in G7. Well done Mr Derrett I think you should judge more often .........<br />
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Exhausted by the end of the evening but really happy with how my girls ran this course.Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-12758440954772761412012-04-11T13:29:00.001+01:002012-04-11T17:15:39.931+01:00Happy first birthday to Tidey<div style="text-align: center;">
I can't believe where the time has gone, Tidey is a year old today. </div>
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<b>Tidey 'Pepperbox Moon Tide' on her first birthday</b><br />
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<b><br /></b></div>Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-8222811335206691142012-04-06T14:34:00.004+01:002012-04-06T14:35:52.244+01:00Happy fifteenth birthday to my sweet little Poppy<br />
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I am so lucky to have Poppy here for her fifteenth birthday although sadly she isn't feeling very good at the moment. She is unsettled and rather wobbly and shaky. We are keeping a close eye on her and will most likely take her to our vet for a check up tomorrow. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Happy happy birthday my sweet little girl. </div>
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Poppy enjoying the spring sunshine</div>Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-28165508103266138782012-04-03T12:45:00.001+01:002012-04-03T16:00:30.505+01:00More pictures of the garden and doglets<div style="text-align: left;">
Just thought I'd put up some more pictures of the garden before the weather changes as it is supposed to. It's nice to get some shots of the magnolia in full bloom as it lasts for such a very short time. Already the blooms have died and are falling. These pictures were taken the weekend before last when it was in full bloom and looking gorgeous.</div>
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And to finish, the doglets basking in the sunshine!</div>
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<br /></div>Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-9611172815432637332012-03-27T16:17:00.001+01:002012-03-27T16:26:05.457+01:00A very pleasant weekendWhat a lovely weekend we had. The weather was glorious and perfect for training and gardening. On Saturday I was out for the whole day training with Natasha Wise. In the morning I ran Niamh and in the afternoon Zeki. Tidey came along for the day and we did some crate games and playing whilst other dogs were running. Tidey was really good and grabbed her toy as soon as a dog took off on the start line. It was well worth taking her for the day.<br />
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Natasha focused on exiting turns in terms of where we were facing and specifically where our feet were facing. We applied the theory across all turns and it really worked as your dogs turned tight and moved confidently off the turns as they were very clear about which direction we wanted them to head in. As always the training was brilliant being challenging, enjoyable and confidence-boosting. We all came home very tired but happy and I was really happy with all my girls.<br />
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Karen joined us in the afternoon with her dogs and here is a picture of our crates all in a row. We had to move into the shade as it was so warm. Karen was rather confident about her crate training with Todd and was brave enough to leave the front unzipped. It was hilarious when we turned round to see that Todd had exited his crate, moved in front and was laying watching us walk a sequence. Good job Todd!<br />
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Andy spent the day in the garden, he had to move all the contact equipment from the agility paddock out to the front as we have sold it and a lady was coming from Norfolk to collect. When he moved the seesaw the feet fell off and were pretty rotten. Panic time because although we sold the seesaw with the plank needing refurbishment we hadn't realised the feet were knackered. So, Andy rummaged around in the yard and found some perfect timber and voila - a brand new pair of feet for the seesaw!<br />
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We are getting new rubberised contact equipment in the next few weeks from Premier. I have also ordered a set of contact covers. At the same time Premier are re-sanding and painting our dog walk and seesaw from club. The A-Frame is much newer so doesn't need doing (someone up at the yard broke our old one and bought us a brand new replacement.) I am looking forward to getting it back and seeing it all smart. It's the first time in twenty years that anything has been done to it. It stays in pretty good condition as it never goes outdoors.<br />
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I am looking forward to training my dogs on the rubberised equipment. We decided not to rubberise our club kit for two reasons, the main one being until rubber kit is the norm I want to be able to train on both for the safety of the dogs and the other is I'm not quite sure how rubber will stand up to our surface if it gets stuck onto the contacts areas. Our surface is superb to run on but it is a bit sticky (hence no dust) and I think it could negate the effect of the rubber. For now we have the best of both worlds.<br />
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On Sunday we had a lovely and productive day in the garden. Again the weather was glorious and I especially wanted to spend the day out in the garden as it would have been my Mum's birthday. She loved gardening and being in the garden and so all day my mind was filled with memories. I have just one regret which was that Mum became ill before we bought this house and so she never got to see our beautiful garden which she would have loved so much. <br />
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Here are some pictures of the garden springing to life and of our doglets enjoying the day outside with us:<br />
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The magnolia on Sunday almost out completely; today (Tuesday) it is in full bloom, will take some more pictures </div>
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The long border coming to life with spring bulbs and in need of a good weeding. This has now been started as you will see from some pictures further down.</div>
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The Naughty Niamh with her favourite toy</div>
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Tidey enjoying herself in the sunshine above and below</div>
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The series of photos below show how much Becky and Poppy have improved after their major surgeries and how much they are enjoying life. You can see Pops lurking behind the fencing on one of her many circuits. She never stops moving when she goes into the garden, round and round. By the end of the day she is totally exhausted!</div>
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Poppy and Tidey watching through the gate as Andy is throwing a ball for Kizzy. We don't generally throw toys for our dogs as we worry about injury. However, we make an exception for Kizzle as it is just about the only way you can get her to exercise. She is so lazy on a walk but goes crazy to fetch a ball.</div>
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Niamh is allowed to stay inside whilst Kizzle is being exercised because she just watches with her own ball and doesn't chase. The others, including Becky and Poppy, would go crazy! </div>
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Becky and Murphy at the end of a long day in the garden</div>
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Julie came yesterday (Monday) and made a start on tidying up the long border. I have had another go today but don't seem to make much impression. She is coming back hopefully on Friday to do some more. </div>
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Much to do in this part of the border and that's after I spent half an hour on it! </div>
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More memories of my Mum. That little cast iron trug was what she used for feeding her chickens. So she is always here in the garden with me! Much the same as she goes everywhere with me in the form of her shopping basket as my friends will testify to.</div>
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The 100-acre field behind us greening up. It was only a few weeks ago they were muck spreading and now it looks like this!</div>
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I love her attitude but find it hard to switch her off sometimes as she is full on at home when I'm around. I am not complaining though!<br />
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I am very glad that she is crate trained as I think I would find her impossible to manage otherwise. On top of that she would wear herself (and me) out far too quickly as she loves to watch everything that's going on and gets very physical about it. I haven't really done crate games to exacting standards but have worked enough with it to make the crate a) a place Tidey is very happy to be and understands to go to after she has worked (well most of the time, sometimes after she has visited a few friends first) and b) a place that has taught her some self-control which for her is a huge thing!</div>
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We continue to work on the screaming and lunging when other dogs are running and the counter-conditioning with a toy seems to have worked really well for this. We will see for sure how well it has worked when the agility season kicks off in April. My plan is to use a different toy for this type of work which is of less value than her training toys. She likes the big cage balls on a fleece so we will use those around agility and keep her really high value "sputniks" on a rope for her agility training. Karen bought her one of these when she was a tiny puppy and she just loved it more than anything. Then catastrophe, the rope gradually got thinner until it broke and no more toy! To my horror it's really hard to find these toys, Leah, Vicky and I searched the whole of Crufts to no avail. Then at training last week, Tracy Moerel presented me with one that her dogs weren't really that keen on. Caroline King saw the toy and said hang on a minute I've had one of those hanging up in my van for yonks, you can have it. So now we have two which is fantastic as I can use both in one session which helps with catching Tidey after each run. Thank you girls, I am in your debt! They are great toys as they have a good length of rope but the toy is quite small so fits in my pocket. How sad I am! Karen has bought a similar toy that she found so hopefully we will have three very soon!</div>
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I have two major frustrations in my training and will be absolutely honest and admit that at times my patience has been pushed to the limit (and beyond if I am saying I'm being honest here!) One is Tidey's "waits" and the other is her habit of running off with her toy at the end of a training sequence and not coming back to me. I know both are partly my fault and I have done something wrong and so I have to really keep my frustrations in check so as not to stress Tidey. </div>
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With her "waits" or shall we call them "non-waits" she would simply get up and follow me and so I have done absolutely masses of training with these. We train them every single day on our walks when Zeki and Niamh and racing around and I would say we have a success rate of 99%. I can do just about anything and she won't break. Now we have to transfer this to the agility arena and in the last couple of weeks we seem to have turned a corner. </div>
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With her running off, I have listened to various peoples' advice but sometimes the conflicting ideas become too much. So, I have chosen to listen to just one person and work with Tidey rather than against her. She will drop into a down so I can go and fetch the toy if it's thrown or I just ask someone to held onto the rope (or stand on it) until I get there rather than throw the toy. In other words, I have stopped asking her to bring the toy back to me as this causes her stress. If I want a reliable retrieve then I have to work on it separately and importantly away from agility. That said her retrieve is pretty reliable elsewhere, I think in relation to agility it is all connected with her chase instinct and her very strong want to get to people.</div>
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I try to remember always to break her tuggy reward into small parts, in other words we tug then I ask her to leave the tug and do a trick, we tug again and so on. This hopefully builds in her a feeling that when a tuggy game ends it doesn't mean end of fun but beginning of more fun. This works well until the situation I describe below occurs.</div>
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There is another element linked to this behaviour (running off) which I find even more frustrating. Tidey loves to tug as I have said but if she senses another dog being set up to do an exercise she will drop the toy to go and chase. Very often she will target the handler as much as the dog. She wriggles like a worm and is on full attention-seeking mode. The only way I can think to manage this right now is to ask people to wait until I've got her, but I will not grab at her as this will only make the situation worse. So if people are kind enough to wait (as all my training mates are) then I work on sending Tidey to her crate, if this isn't possible I ask her to "give me her collar" and we continue to play with me holding the collar. I am so glad I teach all my dogs to love having their collar held from tiny puppies. Gradually I hope that by staying positive and making sure Tidey is rewarded for the right behaviour (rather than me panicking or getting frustrated) we will break this cycle of behaviour. I am also planning to work on stays (on lead to start with) with other dogs working around Tidey. This was the thing I found worked best of all with Zeki's chase instinct. I seem to attract dogs with strong eyes and strong chase instinct. The only dog I have ever had who didn't do this was <span style="font-family: inherit;">Abbey</span>, she only ever had eyes for me. </div>
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So, I have really focused on my training challenges above,
what about all the positives of which there are many! Tidey is keen and
loves doing things with me. She enjoys trick training for treats but
prefers her toy for anything related to agility or speed. I am very lucky
that she loves her toy so much and it is up to me to make sure that the value
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We are working on her forward drive and have just started to
add in the progressive type of cross behinds, i.e. where the main focus
is still forward but with a slight change of direction. To my mind these
are the most important things to be working on now. Things like front
crosses, whilst important, are easier to train because the natural intuitive
behaviour of the dog is to turn towards you; whereas the intuitive behaviour
when you rear cross can be for your dog to turn against the flow to find you rather
than keep driving forward with a head check to acknowledge that you have
changed side. I definitely think that the work we did from puppyhood has helped to shape the right behaviour for rear crosses, i.e. setting
Tidey in a static position and stepping from side to side behind her.
Each time I step she has to switch her head to follow me without getting
up and trying to spin to find me. We really enjoy this game as it's also a
good proofing for waits/stays. Tidey got a little bit clever and would switch
before I moved so then I had to proof against that but we got there and I think
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I am completely undecided about what I will do with Tidey's
contacts or how I will start to train her weaves. I am starting to think
seriously about both of these things as she approaches her first birthday the
week after next. I am tempted to look at 2x2 weaves as I've never
trained this method so am going to watch the dvd over the next few weeks to see
if I fancy trying it. I like to try different things although I often
end up going back to previous methods if I find I prefer them.</div>
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Here we are enjoying yesterday's sunshine. I already
posted one of the pictures on Facebook but here it is again as it makes me
laugh. We decided to try to get a photograph of Tidey being a good girl
in her unzipped crate. Make up your own mind whether I was releasing her or if
it was a case of "Tide is Out". It certainly wasn't a case of
"Tide is In". In fact yesterday I would say it was really a
case of "High Tide". Never was a name more appropriate. I
love her to bits, she is such a character and so much fun :o)</div>
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Tide's out (above) Tide's in (below) </div>
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That Naughty Niamh just won't put her ears up for the camera!</div>
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Above: little Pops having a rest </div>
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Above and below make me laugh. Poppy doesn't do stays for very long these days! One minute she was there, the next she was gone. </div>
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<b>Championship Jumping Round</b><br />
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<b><br /></b>Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-68584604053045182642012-03-21T10:16:00.001+00:002012-03-21T10:16:19.861+00:00Crufts 2012 Gallery Part IHere are some photos of Zeki from the Crufts Championship classes by <a href="http://www.wattsphotography.co.uk/">Ian Watts Photography</a>.<br />
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I have more photos coming and will post them in Part II. It's lovely to have these fantastic photos as a memento of our first Crufts together.<br />
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Love these two photos of Zeki taking the wall. She picks up my rear cross so beautifully and takes the wall already turning and looking for the weaves which were the next obstacle on this course. I love how she is looking for the weaves even from behind a solid obstacle like this. She is quiet as she is figuring out the pattern but as she completes the turn and sees her target obstacle she has to bark for joy!</div>
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Obviously the day was all about me, so naturally enough I left Leah to carry everything apart from my hand bag. That is after all the point of having a groom ... isn't it? Leah was an excellent groom in every respect even though she was a little slow getting from the car park into the NEC. I had drunk two cups of coffee and had a little nap by the time she and Zeki and all my stuff arrived. Still, at least she made it in the end.<br />
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Here is Zeki next to her sister Zaz at the benching area. They both look so cute with their little good luck hearts which were a gift from Karen. The pillow cover was a gift from Johanna. I love it and have already taken it on a training session with Tidey where people laugh at me because I am the only one who has a cushion and a blanket for my deck chair!<br />
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As previously mentioned Zeki and I had been drawn #1 in the running order for the first leg of the championship class which was jumping. Mediums were up first and so we would be running #1 of all the dogs. A bit scary but nothing you can do about it.<br />
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I liked the course well enough but found when I put in a front cross after the weaves it felt as if my feet became glued to the carpet and I just didn't push up the line to the two jumps after the collapsible. Poor Zeki thought I was decelerating in order to pull her to the right hand jump rather than driving straight ahead to the left one. When I tried to push her back, she thought she should be doing a go round. I am still not quite sure how I managed not to get eliminated but I am so glad I had the presence of mind to save the round. We almost came to grief at the wishing well (as a result of losing our pace at the aforementioned combination) but Zeki saved the day but flinging herself sideways at the obstacle. What an honest little dog she is.<br />
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So, after forcing myself to eat some lunch it was time to go back to the collecting area ready for round 2 of the agility championship class. I always prefer agility to jumping and somehow felt more focused this time. The course seemed a little bit trickier than the jumping which I liked and soon it was our turn and once more we were on the line. Zeki did a few naughty shuffles on the startline as I led out, it made me laugh at her and that relaxed me. We set off and managed to put in a good clear round which finished us in 3rd place for that round. Much better!<br />
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Here is our agility run. So much better than the jumping round for sure!<br />
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As the other heights ran, a friend was adding up the points and trying to figure out if I had made it into the final. First she thought I had and then she said possibly not. Then she came back and said yes you have made it qualifying in last place. I decided to wait until I heard the official announcement before getting too excited. When the results were called out I had made it by the skin of my teeth. This meant we would run first of the mediums but at least this time we were following the small dogs so I would get to see how the course ran. Clever little Zeki!<br />
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We took Zeki and Zaz for a walk down to the lake, we turned the wrong way out of the building as we didn't listen properly to instructions (what's new there then!) and ended up circumnavigating the whole NEC. Still, it gave the dogs a good stretch and some fresh air.<br />
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More sitting around, drinking coffee and fretting. We got a copy of the course plan and started to commit it to memory. We moved to the collecting area at about 3.30 pm ready to walk the course at 4.00 pm. Then there would be a break whilst some rehearsals took place in the arena whilst we could sit and contemplate the course. I walked the course as many times as I could in the allotted time but there were a couple of places where I just couldn't make up my mind. I kept fretting over them but in the end I made my decision and in both cases decided to run them differently to how I had walked them. Usually this is not good for me but in this case I decided to go with my gut feeling as I had been so uneasy about the choices I had made whilst out on course. Basically I decided to handle the top jumps into the tunnel before the dog walk from behind rather than putting in a front cross and to blind cross the A-Frame rather than try to get across from the tunnel exit. I was worried I would put Zeki back up the dog walk but really wanted to end up with the A-Frame on my left hand for the finish without having to use a rear cross. I am very glad that I made these choices!<br />
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These items helped me to believe that Zeki and I could do it! The bracelet is from Bernadette and Dennis one side says <b>"nothing is impossible"</b> and the flip side says <b>"if you believe"</b>. Bernadette told me to ping the elastic before I ran to remind myself to "believe". If you watch me lead out in the final you can see that I remember to do this! The other present was the gold chain from Andy. The crucifix belonged to my Mum. She gave it to me for safe-keeping when she was taken in for her ill-fated operation in Kings College Hospital five years ago. Sadly she never got to wear it again but I kept it safe all the time she was in hospital and the nursing home. When she died last January I decided to wear it always. One night at training the chain broke and the cruxifix dropped into the riding school surface. I burst into tears and everyone rushed out to help me look for it. I honestly don't remember who it was but somebody found it and it has been awaiting a new chain. Andy decided it was the best good luck present he could get me and I'm so glad I was wearing it when I ran at Crufts as my Mum would have been so proud. When I stood on the start line of that final course, I truly believed Zeki and I could fly together such was my belief that we would run well.<br />
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Unfortunately I didn't get the final filmed on my camera but luckily it is on the official Crufts YouTube channel. You can see Zeki and I running at 12.20.<br />
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Bernadette & Zaz (winners of the small championship) and myself and Zeki (3rd place in the medium championship final). Zaz is having a well deserved rest in this picture as she had been at the NEC for four days winning everything she was entered in, well done girls. Zeki is of course preparing to bark at Leah who is taking the photo. </div>
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And finally, my clever, beautiful little dog with her prizes and her good luck presents. I cannot say how proud I am of our achievement together. We were under 2.5 seconds off a two times world champion and this has given me a huge amount of belief in what we can go on to do together! </div>
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<br />Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-16724725845472183482012-03-10T12:31:00.000+00:002012-03-10T12:33:52.642+00:00Where to start .....<br />
Not quite where to start this post as I haven't updated the blog since Becky's big operation in late 2011.<br />
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Becky, apart from missing a hind leg, is back to full health. The excessive peeing has stopped and she is back to a completely normal and pain free life. She enjoys a good hour's walk every day and we are so happy that we made that hard to decision back in November. She wears a <a href="http://www.camddwrcanine.co.uk/shop/product-info.php?prodname=RuffWear-Webmaster-Harness-~Free-Postage~&id=16265">Rough Wear harness </a>which is excellent as it enables us to help her in places she struggles. Overall she is very able but there is one style on our walk which she cannot manage and so we just lift her over. She has never much liked being lifted up in our arms so this way she keeps her dignity! She waits at the style to be lifted which is cute. We also put her in the car using the handle although she can manage to jump in by herself. We have found that it is better to walk her on relatively flat and smooth ground as she struggles a little bit on steep inclines and/or really rough ground. We have to remember she is almost 12 years old although she doesn't behave as such!<br />
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Here is Becky enjoying one of her walks. This is exactly the result we wanted and we are so lucky to have had the best advice, skill and care from our brilliant vet. More about him in a moment!<br />
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So as we were nursing Becky, my little Poppy became quite ill. She had really bad tummy problems and became quite incontinent with diarrhoea and obvious discomfort. So, it was back and forth to the vet with her right up to and over Christmas. I was sleeping with her in the little sitting room every night as it has direct access to the garden so I could let her out. It was awful as I was getting very little sleep and felt helpless to assist Poppy. We had to follow her around with a bowl to toilet in because it was almost impossible to clear up and she absolutely hated it but there wasn't much option. Things got a little bit better but she didn't seem to get back to where she was before the illness. Then on 18th January we were due to go to look for an armchair in the sales. Poppy hadn't had a very good night and in the morning she was coughing a lot and I just wasn't happy about her. I decided I didn't want to go out and leave her and so we changed our plans and booked an appointment with the vet to take her in for a check up. This appointment was at 11.50 am and we started to get ready to leave about 11.30 am but I couldn't get Poppy off her bed. I called Andy to help me and he lifted her up and placed her on a rug so she could get some grip but she just fell over. We took her outside to toilet but she collapsed on the pee patch. Then it was panic stations and we rushed her into the car and off to the vet. I honestly thought she would be dead by the time we got there as she was almost completely unresponsive.<br />
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Andy carried her into the surgery and Nico checked her out. He was very quiet and serious (highly unusual for him) and so I was preparing myself for the worst. Nico had Poppy on the floor to examine her chest and held her balanced on his leg. When he started to talk to me I thought this was it but instead he said, "I think we need to take a look, in my opinion she either has pneumonia or possibly a tumour but we should x-ray to find out." He said she was a tough little cookie and deserved a chance. I was all to ready to agree with this sentiment. We left her with Nico and went home to await the results. He called us to say that the x-ray and subsequent scan showed that Poppy had a mass growing inside her tummy. After discussion we decided that he should go ahead and operate to see exactly what we were dealing with. We agreed if it looked really bad then we wouldn't proceed with surgery and would instead let her go to sleep. Nico did precautionary x-rays to make sure nothing had spread to her chest and once this proved to be clear went ahead with the operation. The more time that went by was for the best as it meant that surgery was continuing and he eventually called us to say that he had found a splenic mass which was bigger than a tennis ball. He removed the mass and her spleen and she was now recovering. His gut feeling was that it was benign but it was sent away for histology and we wouldn't get the results for about ten days. Nico took Poppy home with him that night as he wanted to manage her pain and keep her on a drip. He told us the reason for her collapse was now obvious, i.e. her blood pressure had dropped due to the tumour bleeding. I am so glad we didn't go shopping that day because Poppy would have died without the surgery. We were so happy to get the results some ten days later when we were told that the mass was benign.<br />
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Poppy took quite a time to recover but I didn't question our decision to give her a chance and am so glad that we went down this route as in the last couple of weeks she has turned a big corner and is now out enjoying her walks again. We were so lucky and I am very thankful especially as so many dear friends have lost their beloved dogs recently, some of them taken way before their time. I am so sad for these friends and count my blessings with regard to both Poppy and Becky.<br />
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Here is a little video of Poppy enjoying herself in the snow we had a few weeks back! She has improved again since this was taken.<br />
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To finish of this catch up post we have now arrived at Crufts time of year! I was up at the NEC yesterday with Jay and Leah to support Jay & Stihl in the ABC competition. Stihl ran well despite struggling with the surface and came 3rd in the jumping class. Also running were Bernadette and Zaz who won both the Crufts Singles and the Small Challenge, well done girls. Karen and Todd were running in a team and did well getting into the final with Todd running clear both times! Go-Bays!<br />
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Today I am catching up with stuff and getting Zeki trimmed, bathed and groomed ready for her Crufts debut She is running in the championship class tomorrow. I am both nervous and excited at the same time; we are running #1 in the jumping class and mediums are up first! <br />
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-17105467309852778302011-12-13T13:19:00.001+00:002012-03-08T17:15:44.019+00:00All about BeckyPoor Becky has been through a really rough time over the past ten months or so. It started with rear leg lameness at the beginning of the year. We had x-rays done and nothing was conclusive so with the support of our vet we tried to manage the lameness with pain relief, restricted exercise, swimming, massage and physio. For a time it worked and although the lameness never completely disappeared we felt that Becky was enjoying her walks and life in general. We were all pretty sure the source of pain was emanating from her knee as it was swollen and she showed stress when it was manipulated. However to complicate matters she also had two areas of pain in her back and therefore there was a possibility of referred pain. <br />
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Then at the end of October the lameness got worse and we awoke one Sunday morning to find that Becky was holding her leg completely off the ground. Our immediate thoughts were that she had ruptured her cruciate ligament. We got an appointment with our vet on the Monday morning and by this time she was weighting the leg again but only slightly. We all agreed it was time that Becky be referred for more extensive tests and we chose <a href="http://www.ndsr.co.uk/staff.php?n=4&s=4#4">North Downs Specialist Referrals</a> not just because they are local to us but because they have so many areas of expertise and at this point we were unsure if the issue was skeletal or soft tissue. Nico, our vet, especially wanted us to see Terry Emmerson because he is a specialist in both orthopaedics and soft tissue. Unfortunately he was on holiday so we had to wait for nearly three weeks for an appointment during which time Becky's lameness and pain got progressively worse. We decided to try her on Rimadyl to see if that would be any better than the Previcox. I so wish we hadn't asked for that (you will understand why later.) Nico wanted her off all pain meds prior to her appointment so we made sure to do this but as our appointment got closer we noticed that someone had been peeing overnight. Sometimes it was on the back door mat and other times a bed was completely saturated. We weren't sure who it was as Niamh was on steroids at this time for a skin problem. We knew we would have to isolate her and Becky to find out who it was. <br />
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Anyway off to North Downs. Terry Emmerson is a very nice guy and he gave Becky a thorough, if brutal, examination. He agreed she has some pain in her back but he was 99% sure that her main source of pain was coming directly from the knee. Like our own vet he felt it wasn't severe cruciate damage as the joint was pretty stable. He suggested the best route would be for an MRI scan and at the time they would also do a neurological test to make sure that the pain wasn't coming from the area in her back and also take some fluid from the knee to run some tests. He suggested that it was unlikely that Becky would have surgery and that more likely we would medically manage whatever was going on.<br />
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We had to wait a week or so for the results although Terry rang us on the evening we collected Becky to say that in his opinion there was nothing nasty going on. He would be back in touch once the scans had been printed and read by their radiologist. Unfortunately nothing really showed on the scan apart from a thickening in the knee joint which didn't look sinister but wasn't quite right. He said he was going to get another opinion on this but it was unlikely anything would be conclusive and so we would manage Becky's pain with medication: continue with Rimadyl and add Tramadol. Not very satisfactory but he had warned us that sometimes things aren't always clear cut.<br />
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In the meantime the peeing was getting worse and we identified that it was Becky. I had an inkling it could be the Rimadyl although this isn't a published side effect of the drug. So, I stopped it and rang the vet. Becky then had to have urine and blood tests and these tests showed that her urine was too dilute but that her kidneys were about right for a dog of her age. After ten days off the Rimadyl she started to return to normal which was a relief but because she was no longer on anti-inflams her pain returned big time. She would/could no longer put her leg to the ground and was carrying it under her belly most of the time. She was panting and stressing and we were beside ourselves. So, we rang Nico and asked him what could we do. We took her into see him and he was sad to see that her knee had swollen considerably since being off the anti-inflams He advised it would be wrong to put her back onto anti-inflams as there was a real possibility that we would damage her kidneys but he would understand if we chose to do that as he was sympathetic to our worries about her pain. He suggested we go away and think about things and we would re-group the following week. We made the decision to put her back onto Previcox and within a day her pain was better although she still wouldn't put her leg down.<br />
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Things seemed a bit better but then the peeing started again and we felt totally between a rock and a hard place. We called Nico in despair and he started the conversation about removing her leg. This was last Monday and we spent most of the day either crying or on the phone to either Nico or Terry Emmerson. Terry was very kind and suggested we have biopsies done but it would be up to three weeks before we got the results. Terry and Nico spoke and then we talked with Terry again and we told him we had decided to have the leg removed. Our thinking, along with guidance from Nico, was that whatever results came back from more tests the fact would remain that the leg was causing Becky huge pain and that had to stop. Against us was the fact that we could no longer administer anti-inflams and so every possibility had to be considered. Both vets felt that Becky's pain was disproportionate to what was showing on the MRI scan and X-rays. Nico felt that something was being missed and that the level of Becky's pain was that which he would expect to see in a dog with some kind of tumour and that means a great degree of unmanageable pain. Terry said it was somewhat unorthodox to remove the leg prior to biopsy but he also said he could understand why we were going down that route. So, the decision was almost made and we decided that we wanted our own vet to do the operation. Terry asked us why not North Downs (fair enough) and we said our decision was very easy to make: Becky loves Nico and all his staff and goes into the surgery with her tail wagging looking for the biscuit barrels and importantly we can take her into the surgery about 20 minutes before her op and be with her as she goes to sleep on the table. Easy decision I think!<br />
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Nico invited Andy back to the surgery for one last chat before we finally made up our minds and during that meeting he explained exactly what he would do during the procedure and what we could expect. Andy said we would go ahead. Once he had made that final decision then Andy was anxious to get the ball rolling as we were in such a state by now. Nico took his diary home with him so he could call his other clients and cancel all procedures, bar one, for the following day so that Becky could go straight in. I am so grateful for this.<br />
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So Tuesday dawned and I awoke feeling very down. It's one thing for this to happen when there is no choice but when you are actually making that choice you question over and over are you doing the right thing. We got the call to take Becky in around 12.40 pm and had one very last chat with Nico. He was totally understanding of our dilemma and said he felt pretty much the same himself but like us had concluded that it was the right thing to do. He felt her leg one last time and she cried , he also reiterated that he had a gut feeling that there was some kind of cancer/tumour for this level of pain. That was enough for us we would go ahead. We went through with Becky and she went off to sleep very easily. We waited whilst he took some precautionary chest x-rays. He came out to tell us that these were clear and therefore he would go ahead. <br />
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He assured us that he would only send her home if he felt her post-op pain was under full control otherwise she would stay in. He had already explained that she would be pretty spaced as he would be keeping her dosed up with opioid analgesia. This was his only option due to her anti-inflam intolerance. He called us once the op was done and said it had gone exactly to plan and that she was sleeping on a heat pad with lots of blankets over her. He said he would call us again later for an update.<br />
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True to his word he called at about 6.30 pm. He said she was very stoned and quite high maintenance with a drip etc. However, he had offered her food which she wanted but was too unbalanced to manage herself. So he sat with her and rolled the food into meat balls and hand fed her. He felt she would be too much for us to cope with that first night and so he was taking her home with him. It made us feel very happy that she would be in such good hands. When we went to collect her the following day he looked wiped out and explained he hadn't got that much sleep as she had needed quite a bit of care and hand feeding. He also said he had been kept awake worrying that if her pain was really in her back then how could it now manifest itself now that we had taken off her leg. But then he talked himself back into the space where we had all been the previous day; where we agreed the pain was coming from the knee and that it was the right thing to do. He was pleased that we had slept better - bless! We are very lucky to have such a brilliant and compassionate vet. He and his whole team are simply fantastic.<br />
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with her and between them I think they had about an hour's decent sleep. She wouldn't/couldn't lay on
the side of the amputation, understandably, and that was adding to her
frustrations. She was very agitated and stressed. She wore a buster collar and Andy had her lead around his wrist so he was aware of her movement. She needed to go out quite a lot during the night and was leaning and listing. It was very scary and we felt very emotional and helpless.</span></span><br />
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The following morning we made her a very special bed of double memory foam, a folded up
duvet from one of the spare beds covered in a soft fleece blanket. This
meant she was on a very soft but supportive bed and importantly completely
elevated off the floor. What a difference. She was much more
comfortable and would now lie happily on the side of the amputation. </span><br />
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The stitches are obviously tweaking as every so often she would try to get at
them but one of us is with her all the time so we make sure she can't lick or
bite at the incision site. Some bruising and a bit of a swelling started below the incision but
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Leah came to visit Becky on her first proper day at home. She commented on what a fantastic job our vet had done. She thought it was one of the neatest amputation sites she had seen. That was good to hear.<br />
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although it was obvious Becky was post-op sore, she seemed less unhappy in her
general demeanour. She said her face looks like the usual Becky rather
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">We have bought her a Ruffwear harness for when she can go out on proper walks. This will be very useful as it has a handle on the back and we will be able to quietly help her with bridges and styles etc without making it stressful for her. She hates being lifted and man handled.<br />
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Her balance and ability to get around to go out for a pee etc is
quite amazing. The leaning and listing has almost disappeared. She will lie on her back with her legs (and stump) in the air. She hasn't done that for many months as she has been protecting that damn leg. I cried first time I saw her do this. Her hair is already starting to grow back and her stitches are due to come out this Friday. This morning she hopped up onto one of the sofas - we are really getting there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">We are gradually introducing her to the other dogs and having them back in the sitting room for the evening. We are making sure they stay calm and don't go near her (that means Tidal Wave in her soft pod as she doesn't do calm.) We have to protect her operation site from being bumped or knocked. We remember Nico's last words to us as he put her into our car: "don't bump the stump!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Now we have to hope that once the last lot of anti-inflam has finally cleared from her system that the excessive drinking and peeing will stop. I do believe it is improving so fingers crossed. Here are some pictures and video of our little Tri-Pawd!</span></div>
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</div>Hudsondogletshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663010135293819653noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068132765097440482.post-728758466462072072011-11-24T17:26:00.006+00:002011-11-25T12:59:40.920+00:002011 is slowly on its way outWell, 2011 is nearing its end and it's a year I shall be glad to say goodbye to for one reason or another. Of course not everything has been bad but it is a year which I wish to move on from.<br />
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In September we had to say goodbye to my step-father Eddie. I think when my mum died back in January he simply lost the will to live without her. Even though she had been in the nursing home for such a long time she was still here with us. After the funeral a few of us went for a drink in the Crown which was Eddie's watering hole and we saw him off in a style which he would have liked. There was only one thing missing and that of course was Eddie.<br />
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Eddie was a huge part of my life for thirty years. He did a lot for me and built the extension on my first cottage out of love. I will never forget that because at the time I had no money to pay for the labour. He was a first class brick layer and was respected by many in the trade. He was a very proud man and his work-ethic was second to none. He adored all my dogs and right to the end could remember the name of every one of them. I am sure he will be laying bricks wherever he is now with Tina by his side.<br />
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Eddie - my step-father. Sleep peacefully, now out of pain.</div>
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Seeing him off in style at his favourite haunt, The Crown. My step sisters Cindy and Angie below with myself and sister Sally and in the middle John Kenward who worked with Eddie. I hadn't seen John in many years and it was so lovely that he attended the funerals of both my Mum (who he loved and who used to make his sandwiches every day!) and of course Eddie. Thank you John, it meant a great deal.<br />
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Bit weird to post pictures of flowers for a funeral but the picture below shows the flowers from Eddie's brother, Brian and and his wife Barbara. How lovely that they had the florist make them into a brick and trowel. Very fitting and a lovely tribute. Below are my own flowers which I just wanted a photo of as a reminder of the day we said goodbye.<br />
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Agility shows have just about finished although we have North Downs indoor show on Saturday. I'm not a great lover of indoor agility shows but this one I do quite like as the venue is very nice and the show is well organised. It's good to catch up with friends in person, for possibly the last time until the new year. It's nice to be able to stay in touch with friends via Facebook but it's still not the same as chatting in person.</div>
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Our last few agility shows were fun and Zeki and I got into the champ final of our last championship class of 2011. We ran clear in all three parts and ended up in 3rd place in the final beaten by two great runs, one by Christine and Zev (Zeki's litter brother) getting the reserve CC and the other by Amanda Hampson and Rogue winning the CC. We travelled all the way to Southdowns for one run at the end of September (KC Qualifier for Olympia 2012) but unfortunately picked up 5 faults. It was a nice day out despite the fact that we got caught up in a massive motorcyle protest on the M27 on the way down. It wasn't very nice and at times quite scary as some of the bikers were behaving in a very intimidating fashion. It certainly didn't make me sympathetic to their cause and I speak as someone married to a motorcyle fanatic.</div>
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In October Zeki and I travelled to Gloucestershire to try out for the WAO 2012. The day was well organised and the tests were well thought out and extremely challenging. I could only fault one test which was the jumping course at the very end of the day. It was too hard and too biased to one's ability to run at great speed. The course was a borrowed one from one of our own UK judges but for some reason the organisers decided to send us to the opposite end of the tunnel at the start of the course and also added in an extra jump. These two changes made a difficult course too hard. Of course that's just my opinion but I don't think I'm being unfair. In fact I managed to scrape round that course in a very ugly fashion. Overall we didn't do too badly, made some silly mistakes but had a go at the challenges set. We ended up in 3rd position in our height category. Now we have to wait until some time in December to find out if we have qualified. The finals are in Belgium in May next year. Zeki thoroughly enjoyed the day being an 'only' dog. I left my others at home with Andy as I knew it would be a busy day and they wouldn't get much attention.<br />
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Zeki was invited to Discover Dogs for the medium ABC competition. I really enjoyed this experience. I kind of expected Zeki to take things in her stride and she did. She was completely at ease with the atmosphere and ran really well. She came 4th in the jumping and 6th in the agility with the second fastest time but with 5 faults. I was thrilled with how she ran on the carpet. She hasn't competed at an event like this before so it was a really nice warm up for her Crufts debut in March 2012. Leah came for the day as my groom and was really helpful in keeping Zeki nice and calm before she ran. I didn't want her screaming and barking prior to her run so it was nice to have that help. <br />
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Leah suggested I bring Tidey for the day. I wasn't looking forward to that as I thought it would spoil my nice relaxing day with Zeki but I am so glad I did take her. I was worried she would be a bit spooky with all the dogs and crowds but she was fantastic. She was totally chilled walking along the streets of London with big buses whizzing past and she loved the crowded stalls inside the venue. She was fine with all the dogs and absolutely loved the people and children. She must have had a hundred cuddles during the day. She got to pose with the vet from the Dogs Trust for one of their promotional leaflets so hopefully I might get to see that some time.<br />
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Here are both my lovely girls playing crate games at Discover Dogs!<br />
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Here is the video of Zeki's jumping round (thanks to Bernadette for filming.) Pop back later to see the agility run which is still slowly uploading onto YouTube and I've lost patience!<br />
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Recently I have done a couple of extra training sessions with both Niamh and Zeki at Leah's. As always they have been very challenging but also very enjoyable. I love to do these training days with my girls once the show season has wound down. <br />
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During October our old friends Chris and Dave Hurst came to stay for the weekend along with their younger daughter Ellie and their two dogs Ruby and Spider. It's was so lovely to see them and catch up with everything. I can't believe where the years have gone as it seems only yesterday that Ellie was a tiny baby at Burridge Agility show. It is also scary that Ellie's elder sister, Casz, is now studying to be a doctor and we knew her as a tiny tot! I love this picture of Casz with Poppy when she was about ten weeks or so. Poppy will be fifteen in April so it shows you how long ago this was taken.<br />
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Here are some pictures from their visit with us. I notice now that Chris and Andy managed to avoid the camera!<br />
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Above is Poppy and her litter sister Ruby with myself and Dave. These two little dogs hadn't seen each other for best part of five years and yet they greeted each other so sweetly. I do believe they remember. They are both doing so well for their age.</div>
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Above Ellie with Spider (who is also a Woodsorrel like Poppy and Ruby) and a gorgeous dog; below with Poppy and Spider </div>
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Our visitor Spider making himself at home!</div>
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As usual once the season winds down I tend to do longer walks as Autumn progresses. I like to lengthen their daily walks during the off season in order to keep them as fit as possible. Plus I rather like Autumn/Winter walks despite the fact that the dogs get dirty sometimes. Either you have a gorgeous day without the searing heat when it's just a joy to be outside or it's cold, wet and depressing and when you get the dogs back indoors it's a lovely sense of satisfaction that they've had a nice walk but are now tucked up in the warm again. Either way I love walking at this time of year!</div>
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Just love these pictures of the sunflower field on part of our walk. This field used to be for hay but this year, for the first time I can recall, they ploughed it which looked horrible to start with but then these came up and it looked beautiful. This photo was taken a few weeks back and they have all gone now. The field has just been deep ploughed so back to being ugly for a while!<br />
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Tidey is growing up fast. I have lots to update on her as I haven't been blogging of late. In the meantime, here's a current picture of her together with Niamh and Zeki on our walk yesterday.<br />
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If I could choose how a border collie turned out in terms of confirmation, colour and of course most importantly ears then Tidey would be my perfect dog. That is not to say Niamh isn't perfect also because she is. She is a much bigger, rangier type and I have come to love that look even though it probably isn't my preference. I wouldn't change a single thing about my beautiful Niamh. Tidey has the look of my previous collies, Bess, Abbey and Poppy. She is quite petite, sharp featured and very intense. The only thing I would change about Tidey is the naughty spots on her legs. I'm not a lover of naughty spots and in Tidey's case every single one of them has proved to the purveyor of extreme naughtiness.<br />
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More of Tidey in another post, but meantime here is a little video of her instant downs which we work on every day during our walks.<br />
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Lastly, a couple of garden photos. The long border is now just about finished for the season but we are lucky to still have a little bit of colour here and there. I can't wait for spring as Julie has planted loads of new bulbs. It will be exciting to see them emerge.</div>
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Absolutely lastly for this post, the new addition to our family. Andy's 'new' BMW which he loves. We have sold the big VW Transporter as it was really surplus to requirements. My little Caddy will tow our tiny caravan next season.<br />
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Kizzy, Becky, Murphy and Poppy are very happy cruising round in this motor car.</div>
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A few pictures of the garden as things are starting to turn. The new grass is growing really well, we are so lucky to be getting this late September sun which is perfect timing. It's had two cuts now and hopefully we'll be able to use it in a couple of weeks. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favourite time for the Russian Vine as it starts to turn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julie has had a good clear out of the long border but there's still stuff to come and lots of colour left</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have hundreds of bulbs to plant (well, Julie does lol) and they will be going in soon</td></tr>
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