I don't know if I have posted about this, but Tilly finally passed her Silver Test, and went on to achieve her Gold a few weeks ago! Unfortunately, she injured herself at the Challenge by crashing into a jump. On further inspection at the vets, they diagnosed her with Arthritis in her hips and front right leg. This means that does get quite sore sometimes and has to have 'rest' days to relax. The vets told us that she could continue to train in Agility, as long as the jumps were put down and ...
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February means .... Tilly's birthday!! 7 this year! Time flies! Can't believe I got her as a lanky, scrawny pup for my 11th birthday. She got lots of special treats and a new ball as presents. I was off of work so she got lots of cuddles, and everyone sung happy birthday to her at training in the evening! She ended the day with mince for dinner! Happy dog!



Nearly up to date! We took part in the first club Agility competition of the year in February, and by 'we' I mean, myself, Tilly and Betsy!...
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I've started to include Betsy in a few more things as well, and one of my goals for this year was to really kick-start her training. She started Agility classes in September 2013, and took to it really well. The main obstacle we had an issue with was the tunnel, so I bought a child's play tunnel to practice with at home After a few weeks she really started to love and will now fly through it 99% of the time. Our major issue at the moment is cross-behinds and getting her to 'go on' on her own....
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We had our Agility Christmas party this month (obviously!) it was a Barn Dance - something I had never done before! It was an experience and a lot of fun! This party was for the humans only, and the annual awards ceremony was included on the night. I couldn't believe it when I was awarded the 'Junior Progress Cup'. Tilly will never be the fastest dog out there, and she will probably never compete; but training her has been an absolute blast, and I hope to continue that into the future. She ha...
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Tilly took part in the last Crystal Challenge of the year in this month It was a mixture of some good and not so good runs!! She had her 'silly' head on and only managed 1 clear round out of 3!! But she had fun, which was the main thing. Out of 34 dogs she got 27th place. I was happy with this placing as the club had mixed levels 1,2 and 3 so she was competing against dogs of a very high standard!!  


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A few things went on during these months, but here are the most significant! Tilly got 3rd place in Best Crossbreed in a dog show;


And she also get her 'Novice Trick Dog Title'. This means that she now has letters before her name (NTD). It means that she has learnt at least 15 tricks of varying difficulty. She can now go on to complete her Intermediate title, if we ever get around to it! 


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I haven't updated this blog in a long time! I have lots of successes and announcements to share with you! I will try and post them in date order .....


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