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Archive for June, 2008

Sprint Training

Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in knee rehab, training | Comments Off

I do sprints. I want to be able to keep up with the curly girls, and sprints is my way of getting faster. Since my knee surgery (one year ago tomorrow), I don't run on the treadmill any more (I'll ...

It takes experience for a dog to understand a rear cross

Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in training | Comments Off

Elly is 4 1/2 years old and we've been training for almost four years now... Dancer is two and we've been training for about a year and a half now. At the Mega-Dogs trial, I ran the same course with both ...

In which Dancer shows her true brilliance

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in training | Comments Off

Over the weekend, Dancer and I spent two days at a seminar with Susan Perry. Susan is one of the best instructors I know, very observant, and with a huge bag of tricks. She very gently and very firmly ...