agilitymad

Lucky is an Old English Sheep dog Crossed with a Golden Retriever

right i give up at my self but here is my love of my life LUCKY the handsome boy this is me and lucky this is my fav picture as it has both Lucky and my son alex in this picture is when Lucky won Top dog at the Wag and Bone show i hope you enjoy them as much as i do

sorry i'll try again my soulmate lucky hope this works

I would like to share some pictures of my handsome soul mate Lucky with you Lucky is going to be 4yrs old next month and since that day i bought him home at 8 weeks old my life has changed for the better when Lucky arrived in my life he was jet black with some white around his nose and chest he was a very cheeky puppy but was a joy to have around even when he descided to eat my newly laid kitchen floor In 2005 Lucky won Top Dog at the Wag and Bone show and this was one of the greatest moments for me since then Lucky has taken up flyball and just loves it he's not the fastest dog in the team but he doesn't put a foot wrong Agility is a different ball game all together and Lucky finds it funny to leave me standing in the middle of an agility course while he goes of a does wall of death and if i'm lucky haha in the ring but even so I love you very much Lucky my soul dog lucky my soul dog

these t-shirts are fab i love the rescue ones i always buy stuff from America and never get charged import tax i buy stuff at least once a month

Hi kimbas_mum Oni has chased ball since she was 8 weeks old and is ball mad but i only let her play with balls out side and at flyball have you tried the kong squicky balls Oni just loves theses.

hi thnks for your replies here is oni at training its not the best quality but you can make out its her i run with the Hampshire Hounds with Lucky but don't know what we will be called maybe the Hampshire Holligans oni doing flyball

Hi is anyone going up to the kent flyball starters comp on the 22nd July Oni my sighthound will be doing her first ever show and if you want a laugh as she has a real cheeky streek in her so i can garantee her doing loop the loop or wall of death of some kind at some stage note to self try to keep mad sighthound under control at all times In our team there will be a sighthound/collie/terrier/collie cross/springer spaniel and possibly a golden retriever so a bit of everything lol

i would like to introduce you to the new man in my life his name is Buster and is 7mths old and is a beautiful sprolli he has been here for the past three days and has made himself at home oni jsut loves him as he wants to play 24/7 and Lucky is unsure at the moment but i'm sure he will come round to the idea of having a baby brother

Well done and good luck for your silver and gold

Well i thought it was a fantastic show and we really enjoyed it lucky did well he stayed with me and didn't wee in the ring which is good for him we had finished 3 of our classes by 10.30 but had to wait for the power and speed class in the afternoon but we didn't mind one bit as we watched other people run there dogs which was nice the venue was good with lots of space to walk the dogs inbetween runs Lucky did well in the power and speed in the power bit it was the weeves we had trouble with but in the speed went clear which ended the show on a high note the people who put this show on should be proud it was one of the best shows this year for us

can anyone suggest how to help my handling skills at agility as i'm turning into a misrable nagging woman who Lucky understandably doesn't find exciting enough to want to be near Every thursday night we train and it starts of well with me with a squiky voice and being upbeet and happy but end up with me turning into a horrible nagging banshe as lucky runs of for a sniff and doen't come back i have lost all confedence in myself as a handler i feel sick when we arrive at training and i now that Lucky picks up on this and it makes matters worse its my fault not Lucky's i'm ment to be going to the uka show in oxon with a friend on sunday but i really don't want to go and feel sick at the thought of it all do you thing you can get agility depression please someone give me a good kick up the jacksee

only 9 days to go and can't wait me and my friend are really looking forward to this show

Theirs also a flyball team made up with staffies called the terrorists if you go on the BFA website i'm sure you can find someone to talk to!

But have you seen there turn on the box surely this is where they can cut down on the time even the bigger dogs that where racing like the rotties had a wondeful turn on the box makes you sick really

I have been talking to my vet and she has recommended advantix which i now is still a chemical but she has seen no side effects in any of the dogs that she has prescribed this for and says its different from frontline as it also repells ticks/fleas etc as well as kills them Lucky already has garlic in his food has been for over a year now and that doesn't work i also add the apple cider vinigar to his water everyday and have done this for about 6 months this seems to work for the fleas but not ticks i also do check him after every walk but i'm taking out 7 ticks at a time and they are causing lumps which my vet says can change into granulated cys so you have to be careful. Lucky has already had to have one of these removed and that was what caused him to become very ill. Oni my other dog doesn't seem to get them but i think they Like Lucky for some reason thanks for your suggestions though but i have gone with the advantix which was put on this morning and so far has cause no ill effects. with the frontline it was after about 2hrs that he was unwell

lucky is suffering really badly this year with ticks i have found 2 on his nose and 5 on his legs the thing is when ever i give him frontline it makes him ill for a few days and it doesn't seem to work anyway is there anything elce i can use. the other thing is that he has a low immune system and i don't like putting anything like chemicals on him but then on the other hand what ever the ticks have been latched onto could cause Lucky to be very ill so at the moment i'm damed if i do and damed if i don't please help wise refuges

we went yesterday with the Hampshire Hounds with Lucky and we came 2nd in division 14 Oni had a go at the scurry and had the fastest non collie time 7.94 seconds and came 5th the Germans won the scurry we had a great day and saw some great racing and loved the venue

I go to UKA shows www.ukagility.com on there site it tells you all about the differerent classes. also if you google the kennel club and go onto the agility bit it also lets you know all about the different grades at kennel club shows.

I'm going but don't know what day yet with Lucky I think in the Hampshire something or other the 2nd team for the Hampshire Harriers not camping though

one question how much meat/mince would a 22 kilo dog eat a day and how many chcken wings a week and also can you add things like rice/pasta/potato. i have just bought a book written by donald r. stombeck called home-prepared dog and cat diets the healthful alternative which my vet recommended to me has anyone elce read his book?

Is anyone racing at the All About Dogs show at Brentwood at the weekend i'm going up on the sunday with Lucky as a reserve in devision 2 with the Hampshire Harriers and might if feeling brave do some agility but only if its not hot

good advice i will have a play around next week with there walks and see what happens thanks

i'm going with my Flyball team as lucky is in division 2 which is on the sunday we went last year and had a good time so really looking forward to it lots to see and do

My problem is that when i walk both dogs together i let them of one at a time as there recall is better that way but when Luckys of and Oni is back on the lead she lunges and pulls back then charges at 100mph to get to him not in an aggresive way but she has broken a harness doing this it also hurts my back and shoulders when lucky is back on his lead she calms down and walks to heel. i have tried walking her in a dogmatic head collar but she gets so wound up that she can breath properly because she continuly pulls and lunges well rears like a pony and twists i have also tried her in a harness which she is better in but still a nightmare i have tried other face things but because she has a small but long muzzle they rub also when she's of and luckys on lead she will run up to him and trys to get him to play and as hes on lead he knows he's not allowed to so doesn't this fustrates her and then she runs at him full pelt and nearly has him over and me at the same time if she does this i have been turning my back on her but shes so quick that she just changes direction any advice on these problems would be good please