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Category Archives: Agility
Starring the Beagle Boys
ConneryBeagle wanted to write this post, but it took me too long to put the video together, and he went to bed. It’s a longish video and it makes pretty clear that when your feet are permanently sore, you run … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, ConneryBeagle, D'Artagnan Beagle, Video
Tagged agility, ConneryBeagle, Dart Beagle
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H/u/m/i/l/i/t/y/ I mean, Agility Practice with Dart
Actually, I can’t complain. Dart has been working tracking, he’s gotten two rally titles, and he’s had to deal with a sick and stressed trainer. He hasn’t been out of my local yard to practice agility since…well, a long time. … Continue reading
Taking it on the Fly
A Dog Agility Blog Event Post I’ve never been any good at competition. Doing well means too much; it always has. I’m one of those people who hands homework in early, stressed myself sick over tests all the way through … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Behind the Scenes, Dog Agility Blog Event
Tagged agility, Belle, ConneryBeagle, Dart Beagle, dogs
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Back Behind the Yellow Curtain…
In deference to my To-Do List, and to the “shoulds” and “ought-tos” that keep cropping up there… I should mention that it’s easy to subscribe to this blog in email. There’s a link over on the side, and then there’s … Continue reading
Speechless in New Mexico
On occasion, the dogs render me speechless. Or typeless, I guess. More often than not, a specific dog renders me speechless. This would be Dart Beagle, who often defies expectation good or bad, and who in his recent agility trial … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, D'Artagnan Beagle
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Dust Bowl Dart
The dust bowl lives. And apparently some of us are crazy enough to run agility in it. Dart is still an incredibly green dog of Intermittent Brain–still figuring out what his job is on the course, and still figuring out … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, D'Artagnan Beagle
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Keep Your Cheese Off the Teeter
Doesn’t sound like a life philosophy, does it? Well, surprise! Here’s the thing. In agility, there are contact obstacles (A-Frame, Dogwalk, Teeter…). And there are safety-oriented performance criteria for these obstacles: The dog has to put at least one foot … Continue reading
D’Artgnan Beagle and the Impulsively Evil Brain
Dart Beagle has a problem. He’s brilliant. Dart Beagle has another problem. He’s impulsively evil. For Dart Beagle, it’s a constant battle, especially when it comes to the agility field. Brilliance vs impulse? Oh, choices, choices… The problem for me … Continue reading
Flying Beagles
This weekend, the Beagles went flying. Not exactly in the way I had planned, though. More like in a Keystone Cops way. This past weekend we went to an agility trial. Also, we had Weather, to the tune of slashing … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, ConneryBeagle, D'Artagnan Beagle
Tagged agility, ConneryBeagle, Dart Beagle, dogs
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Post for a Retired Agility Princess
You know, when I started last Monday’s blog, I had no intention of writing about Belle Cardigan. In fact, I had a little video of Dart I wanted to put up. Anyway, as with books, sometimes blogs have a mind … Continue reading