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This is Tess playing the chasing game - like a flirt pole but easier to carry. The video's not very clear because I tried to prop my phone in a tree and then I moved out of shot for part of it. But I hope it shows that it is a chasing rather than tugging game. Tess has a release word - 'ready'-...

I entered Rallyonline with Tess for the first time in 2 years and we were awarded 2nd place with a score of 207. In real life shows Tess is further on but in online she is still at Level 2, hence on lead (because we haven't competed enough - too difficult to dragoon anyone into videoing us!)...

I'm looking for any recommendations for firms to buy vet prescribed medicines from online. Molly is on Onsior long term now and it's very expensive so my vet suggested I bought a prescription from them (which I've done) and order the Onsior online. But how do I know which company to order it...

I think it's likely Molly is coming towards the end of her life. She has very many lumps including a new one which has grown alarmingly during the last week. She has very little energy but is still eating as eagerly as ever. I'm seeing the vet this afternoon to talk through options. I'm...

I've had a weekend away with Tess in Somerset (between Glastonbury and Bridgewater) for a Rally show at a super venue - so much space to walk your dog off lead well away from the competition rings. Another huge plus was that the competition rings were fully fenced. Most shows I've been to this...

Now to my husband's disappointment, this doesn't mean the dogs talk :giggl: ! The Rally competitions that I've done to date have been run by the Kennel Club, but Talking Dogs Rally is a privately run organisation. The signs (exercises) are very similar to Kennel Club ones, the biggest difference...

Molly has had a ripping time unwrapping a soft toy (which is miraculously still entire). She's had some steak to eat and has been out for a couple of walks. I took a photo of her with her pressie but forgot to take any on our walks so I'm putting a photo from a couple of days ago.

This weekend there was a Rally at Ashford in Kent so near enough (just about - 2 hours each way) for me to travel there and back in a day -which I did 2 days running. On Saturday I took Rajah and it was lovely because he clearly recognised the venue as soon as we arrived. I only entered him for...

The winner - a Labrador! I loved reading about this as in the UK the top winners are always Collies. 2nd and 3rd places were Golden Retrievers! The other great thing is that Petra Ford is completely force-free. I've done several of her on-line courses and am full of admiration for her...

I've been at Cheltenham for a weekend Rally competition with Tess. It was at a new venue which was much less attractive than last year's - a noisy building site on one side (which even worked on Sunday) and smells from a landfill site on the other. On Sunday another drawback was that our ring...

Some of you know that I learn clarinet and take practising fairly seriously. For a long time I have been identifying bars or phrases that I'm finding difficult and practising them in isolation until fluent. However I had still been finding that when I tried to play the whole piece again the...

I have searched through other posts on this topic but can't find anything that relates to my particular problem. Rajah (Golden Retriever I borrow) needs to learn to retrieve for Rally Level 5 - which is a way off but not out of the bounds of possibility. The problem is that with me he won't...

This weekend I'm in Somerset with Rajah, travelling home tomorrow, at the Ilminster show. Yesterday we failed to qualify at L3 but today we scored 201 and came 4th. (In my mind I'm calling it joint-2nd :giggl:as 3 of us scored the same mark so places were decided by time and we were the slowest...

Today I've been at a Somerset show doing Level 3 Rally with Tess. We got a qualifying score of 185 but I was a bit disappointed as she didn't perform as well as she can. Every so often she just stopped and looked around. However I did enjoy meeting up with other competitors and genuinely enjoyed...

I was surprised and delighted today when Rajah and I came first in L3 Rally at Ashford, scoring 200. Good luck played a part as we had the bonus exercise that Rajah really likes (sit, leave dog, turn, cue the down, walk back past dog, turn return to dog) but I was so pleased to have him focused...

I'm at Cheltenham for a 2 day Rally show with Tess (borrowed doggy - Molly happily at home with my OH). She did so well today scoring 197 in both L1 and L2 and gaining 6th place in each class. She also looked happy and relaxed throughout the day, though she obviously found it tiring as she's...

(I was going to put this in the Training Toolbox section but I'm not allowed to post it there.) This is a game to encourage your dog to focus on you - to develop the attitude that the best place is always where you are. Put 3 toys (soft toys/ tuggy toys) in a triangle, each a few yards apart...

I've just registered for this course/conference Fenzi Dog Sports Academy - Hocus Pocus: Train for Magical Focus! - March 9, 2024 It starts this evening (UK) as running on Pacific time but it says the sessions are recorded so I can watch them over the next few days. Still time to register if...

The inter-regional competition yesterday was won by the Midlands team. I've put the link here but there are hours of it of course. However you might like to see the superb Labrador who won Level 4 which is at around 2 hours 39 minutes in. https://www.youtube.com/live/Hvjb2Sn_HGY?si=UykfgHVQ1wUHgG6P