The Spaniel Annals
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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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- Gordon Setters
- heeling
- heeling journal
- Irish Water Spaniel
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- new freestyle behaviors
- puppy training
- rally obedience
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- Utility obedience
Month: April 2019
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Happy 9th birthday to Gael, my exuberant and beautiful Gordon Setter. I can’t believe she is 9, and she certainly doesn’t act like it. Gordons are known for aging well, and Gael exemplifies that youthfulness. With the recent changes I’ve made in her training, I do have hopes we can get her Open and…
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Journey retired at the end of 2018, still 27 points from her OTCH. While her heart was always there, her body just couldn’t jump or sit precisely any more. She ended with a wonderful 2 days of passing Utility at the Whidbey Island Kennel Club shows, earning her Obedience Master 2 and placing both days. …
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