Our house...

I’ve run some great seminars this winter. They’re always interesting enjoyable days and the group dynamics and settings make a huge difference to the day. I also enjoy catching up with people later in the season for an update on their plans. So what about my 2018 plans...

Well I’ve finally finished them. There’s something in there for Moog (my young agility dog), some personal objectives for the year and of course plenty for Agility Team GB too. I’ve also been trying to develop a few new habits since the New Year. Some of these are quite straightforward like eat more fruit, less chocolate, drink more water, waste less time on social media and some are more challenging. I should be able put what I know about forming habits in to practice easily...but that’s the other hard thing about habits, they’re hard to break too!





Meanwhile other news from our house:

• Karens young pup Chic is gorgeous and very amusing. She’s fitted in well with our other dogs and growing up to be a great dog.
• The Japanese Chins...aka one-eye and two eyes or three-eyes as a collective, have settled in well. Eve (one-eye) is very adventurous she enjoys being outside following us around what ever we’re doing. And Lula (also known as Lula-Lula Masenbulla) likes showing us how she can jump over low jumps, hop on steps and show-off around agility equipment.
• Devo is enjoying training with Karen while I focus on Moog. At 9 years he’s very fit and still loves his agility and made first champ final a few weeks ago...with Karen.
• Torro Laker is still a bit special. He’s become very tolerant of puppies and little wee dogs in his old age (12 now). For a dog that had little patience with puppies when he was younger, he has been brilliant with our newcomers.
• Mr Rhyme has been on a focused fitness programme over the winter. Karen and his physio’s have worked hard on his reoccurring injury and he is looking good... it shows how important it is to have good Health Care Professionals (HCPs) for agility dogs. 
• And then there is Pikachu.... a great character. She has decided now Karen is running Devo and has Chic to train, that she actually likes agility. She has made good friends with two-eyes Lula and even shares a bed with her... although its probably a ploy to get more food.

Writing this makes me realise how different, special and individual each of our dogs are, and what a huge commitment it takes to look after their individual needs.