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Molly and I are having a Nadventure (as the other Joy would say.) We are staying in the same caravan we rented last year at the foot of Ham Hill, in Somerset. This is the view from our window: We're here for a 2 day Rally show. Today Molly competed in her first ever 'real-life' Level 4 and 5...

The latest rallyonline competition results came out today. No ribbons for my entries this time but nevertheless I was pleased with them all. Molly scored 196 at level 4 (and in a few weeks we are going in for our first L4 real-life show!) Rajah scored 199 at Level 2 (and I've got him entered...

I've just arrived in Kenilworth where I'm staying for a couple of nights and having my first ever visit to Crufts tomorrow. I'm actually going as a 'buddy' with the South & South-West Rally team. Very sadly my friend who was on the team has had a sudden bereavement so can't be here, but the team...

I know some of you have seen this video on FB but thought I'd put it here as well. This is Rajah in Level 1, in which we came third. I was of course delighted. I had to cancel the barn slot I had for Molly as sadly we had a funeral to attend, but I did a 'challenge' course in our living room...

Full title is 'Dog Sports Skills Book 4: Focus and Engage' but actually I think a lot of the content and exercises in this book could be very useful for anyone with a young pet dog who is perhaps off 'doing their own thing' a bit more than you might wish. The book has no instruction on...

We came 3rd in Level 3 - I'm thrilled to bits, especially as it was quite a big class, nearly 30 entries. It also gives Molly her Rally Level 3 Excellent title. In addition I had such a nice time catching up with people I've got to know on the 'circuit' and from the show ground there was a...

Molly and I are at a two-day Rally competition at Haxey (in North Lincolnshire). Today we scored 195 in Level 2 which is known as an 'excellent' score and means we now have our Rally L2 Excellent title (we had 2 previous L2 excellent scores form 2019 - you need three under different judges). It...

Molly had her op to remove the lump back in March when a really large area on the side of her back was shaved. The hair still hasn't regrown properly - it covers the area (just) but is much thinner than the surrounding hair, although the area on her leg that was shaved to insert a canula has...

I'm enjoying training Rajah, my friend's Goldie, and I've just started training another dog for Rally, the lovely Tess. (So I'm handling the dog rather than training the owner.) She is nearly a year old and is a Collie cross Poodle, so full of energy. It's fascinating how different Rajah and...

I had to collect some wormer from the vets today so I was able to get Molly weighed and I'm pleased to sat that she has lost another 2.25kg since her surgery in March. She still has 2.75kg to lose but at least now she has a waist and is moving much more actively. (I do feel rather ashamed of...

I entered my friend's Goldie (Rajah) at level 1 and he did very well, scoring 204 (out of 210) on his first ever attempt at a whole round. Sadly not quite in the ribbons - joint 7th out of 27 entries - but such a promising start. I suspect we lost most of the marks on the bonus (the last...

Molly finally had her annual booster today and also had a lump on her back aspirated. It's being sent away and we'll have the results in about a week. I'm hopeful that it's not cancerous as she's had it for over a year and the last time the vet saw it he said he was pretty sure it was a cyst and...

Due to lockdown, this month's competition from rallyonline.org had two strands - regular course and 'challenge' courses for small spaces. I entered the Freestyle Reward class which allowed you to design your own course to fit the space you had, using rally signs from any level, up to a maximum...

Does anyone fancy having a go at this? https://www.stoneleighrally.co.uk/challenge.html?fbclid=IwAR3taFoTdBlhVMulG4E1j-DtJ3RdePQQJTRK95Ng6gVVtJnrMLuTbnS_XFU It's basically a 'bingo card' with a different (simple) exercise in each square, and you record them individually (so a bit like the Fenzi...

I really intended this to be our entry for the current Level 4 rallyonline competition but when I got home I realised that I had done one of the exercises incorrectly which would have meant disqualification. (The recall to front should have been down on recall.) There are other errors, mainly...

Thought you might like to see our efforts in the latest rallyonline.org competition. The first is the Veteran class (for dogs aged 7 and over) - I can't believe Molly is now in this category! We were scored a very generous 208 (out of 210) which gave us 3rd place. The second video is a fun...

This was an online competition open to anyone, but also a try-out for next year's South-East and East Anglia Crufts Rally Team. I was very pleased with our score of 199 which gave us third place. Almost certainly won't be quite good enough to be offered a place on the team but I was happy with...

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/VacationRentalReview-g1438509-d12068025-Hamstone_Barn_Conversion-Merriott_Somerset_England.html This is where I stayed earlier this month. The owner is lovely and genuinely welcomes dogs. I had originally booked to go with Molly back in the spring but eventually...

This is our L4 round for the online competition just finished. We scored 199 (out of 210) so 'excellent' (meaning that we need two more scores of at least 190 to qualify out of L4) but not good enough to be placed - 10th out of 19 in our class. I was a bit disappointed with our score - I'll...

I do seem to hog this section of the board! This video is for another online competition - you are given 10 random signs plus a bonus sign and make a course from them. Mine involved a lot of turning! I love that Molly understands the 'zen bowl' idea - the treat pot we are running to at the end...