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We're used to selectively deaf with sighthounds 🤣

We were adamant we were going back to 3 before getting anymore but her breeder only breeds every 3 years or so and hubby loves the bitch and her lines so we just had to 🤣

Shes a mini but yes, hubby has been desperate for a mini for the 15 years we were together and since the rest were all my choice so with the stars aligned, I couldn't really say no 🙈

Meet Tonks, she comes home on 12th March. Yes it takes us to 5 dogs.....so yes we're definitely mad but it was one of those stars align moments and it felt right.

Finally made it back to a show.....Ginny had 2 E's in any size but she was happy to be in the ring which is 100 times better than our last show so that's a massive win! Fen had 4 E's but showed some moments of really good work. He managed the trickier stuff I thought he would struggle with but...

Our training was cancelled for tonight, we probably could have got away with it but I'm glad I wasnt trying to get down the lane in the snow cause I'm a wuss driving in the snow.

With entry going up and having to pay for parking now, I doubt I'll enter Fen for 2027 if I'm honest. We'll see what happens with possible new pup 🤐

I've been trying to palm Fen off to a younger handler but apparently no one wants to run a dog who nips you when he thinks you're telling him the wrong course, who knew?! 🤷‍♀️😉 We're not at the point where we're looking at stats, we're getting faults and time faults on every run but it's...

I only have 1 dog who likes to tug as a reward and 1 who likes it as a game but doesnt see it as rewarding. The non tuggers still love a long handled tug with a food toy on the end though. You've just got to find what they love. In terms of treats, I use a mix of a variety of values but things...

I have no advice, at 8yo we're still teaching our saluki mix recall and he sees 6ft fencing as a suggestion 🙈 She's beautiful though.

I'm sure I'll be back to being 'encouraged' do compete once our normal trainer comes back from her holiday but I'm currently trying to work through Fen's need to nip every time he turns his listening ears off and I bring him back to correct him 🤬 He's wonderful when he's flowing and listening...

Fen is showing Thursday and DD Friday. We're also working Saturday and Sunday on a friends stall.....unless I decide to enter Ginny into the rescue dog agility 😬

3 are insured, 1 isn't but he is with a vet where we pay monthly and everything is covered. I am likely to put him back on insurance and change vets though.

Our working bred whippet is tough and not at all fragile but also easiest to train and live with. 10/10 would never touch anything with saluki in.

Fen is two now. We've taken things really slowly with him sports wise but he just did his first kc agility comp (second ever) and is competing in beginners flyball competitions. He was our first Vallhund but we've know his breeder for 8 years or so. I'll be honest, we were under no illusions...