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.
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Category: Freestyle
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The past few weekends have been promising dry runs for some big shows coming up in August: in the 3rd and 4th weekend of this month, Reardon will debut in AKC Open, Journey will debut in Utility at the IWS specialty, and both will show for the first time in a freestyle competition. Yikes! I wouldn’t…
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Today I pushed the restart button on Journey’s freestyle routine. First, I won’t be asking her to put any of the sequences together for at least another week, while we work on the individual pieces of the routine, trying to build her confidence and speed. Those pieces are: rightside heeling, spins in different positions (in…
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Out of all the dogs sports I’ve done, I find freestyle the hardest to train. I tend to resort to obedience moves and more regimented body movements, which many freestyle judges don’t like. Then when I start loosening up and throwing in dance moves, my dogs get confused due to all the mixed signals I’m…
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