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I’m a retired English instructor, now devoted full-time to training, showing and enjoying my spaniels in many sports.
- agility
- Behavior
- competition
- conditioning
- dockdiving
- dual champion
- English Cocker
- English Springer Spaniel
- Fetch!
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Month: May 2011
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A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over– like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does…
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Sometimes I realize to what degree the sport of obedience trialing requires an almost obsessive love for delayed gratification. The video below presents Reardon’s debut in the Novice Obedience ring. He did a wonderful job, winning the class and earning a 196 out of 200 points, and ½ point away from the High in Trial…
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It’s 2 days before Reardon and Roz debut in the novice obedience ring, in the obedience trial put on the regional German Shepherd club. Based on weather reports of a few days ago, I chose today to train at the show site, Carco Park in Renton. I figured I’d put up half of a ring,…
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