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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
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- competition
- conditioning
- dockdiving
- dual champion
- English Cocker
- English Springer Spaniel
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- Utility obedience
Month: November 2012
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Yesterday on the morning of Reardon’s obedience trial in Lynden, WA, my mantra was: We’re double winners! I like mantras; Jane Savoie, the Olympic equestrian competitor and author of many books about the mental game, encourages adopting words or phrases to chant the weeks before a competition and on that day. How are we double winners? …
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