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Lilly decided to have her babies 5 days early, and as you can appreciate that meant I wasn’t totally ready. She had 6 healthy babies, somewhat less than the 9 we expected. The birth was relatively straight forward, she handled…
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Puppies!
It has been a little quiet on here of late – I realise that. A few technical issues combined with a lot going on has meant you have been neglected a bit. So here is a catch up of what…
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Not quite as planned
I had big plans for this year, this agility season I would be competing Spudley and Lilly for the first time. The last few years I have been working on their ringside skills, such as calmness when queuing, the vast…
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”Winston Churchill
As you can imagine from the title of today’s blog, all has not been going as well as I should like in relation to my diet and exercise plan. There have been a number of reasons, or excuses for this.…
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Continuing with the plan…
Despite deciding to withdraw Lilly from the Crufts qualifiers this year, I want to drive forward with the other elements of my plan. This plan included following a diet and exercise plan from V SHRED. It also included improving my…
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Not this year!
Due to technical issues, that fortunately are now resolved, I have been unable to get logged into my website before now. This has prevented me from completing my blog so apologies for the lack of posts. Leading up to our…
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What is the plan?
In relation to the goals for my health and fitness, I have started a personalised diet and exercise plan with V Shred. This is a programme that a few of my friends have undertaken and found to be very effective.…
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What needs to be done?
The first of the Crufts Qualifiers is at Wellingborough between the 5th and the 7th July. We have 2 shows between now and then as Lillies trial run. To really have a shot at it, both Lilly and I have…
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Lilly
Our Journey to Crufts! Lilly is my youngest English shepherd. From the moment I brought her into my home, she has been an absolute angel. She has the sweetest temperament and is a complete joy to own. However… In terms…
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Back Home
So we are home…. I have to say that this was an amazing experience, prior to going on this adventure I had wanted to do something like this for many years. I had always been worried about the “what if’s”,…