Ok time to do my report on the Adventure of Raven and Cypher in Sydney for the very first Australian Border Collie National…I’ve been back a couple of days now and it has taken this long for it all to sink in. This event was absolutely awesome and I will cherish the memories of it …
Month: April 2006
Leaving..on a jet plane
Well tomorrow we leave....we fly out from Perth midnight tomorrow and get into Sydney early hours Saturday morning. I'm starting to get all my stuff together to get packed - there's still heaps of things to do tomorrow before we leave. I have three trials and two shows lined up so both me and the …
Great Day at Perth Trial!!
WOW!!! What a fantastic day of trialling I have just had with my 2 very special BC's Raven and Cypher. Bunbury last Sunday didn't go too well - with a silly error by me stuffing up Cypher's chances of a pass in Novice Jumping (I did what can only be described as very bad attempt …
The Pattern Continues…
Re this "Winning = Not having fun" idea that some non-competitive people have out there, I'd really like to can this notion. It is, to be quite frank, a load of crap and to be honest I'm not sure what it is about...as in what are the motivations behind the idea. Anyway people may watch …
Starting to notice a Pattern…
I don't know if this exists in *every* single human sporting endeavour or even just any kind of goal setting from the individual to the collective but I'm starting to notice no matter where I go, who I associate with or whatever thing it is I want to do there are always TWO factions/methodologies/philosophies of …
Cypher’s First Trial
Well today was the day...16 months I've been waiting for this day, and boy was it great fun!! I am just so proud of my little man - all grown up and still such a puppy head he managed to do us both proud by winning his first ever trial. Novice Jumping - he did …
New Games…Strategic Pairs Rocks!!!
What fun it was today! After having three days of full on agility handling seminars with US Instructor Rob Michalski (which were fantastic and I learnt a heap as usual) today we got to have a go at Strategic Pairs (Pairs for short), Gamblers and Snooker - it was great fun - I actually ran …
Sprytelee Agility Training 