tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62125761465944952392024-02-20T20:28:10.024-08:00Agilty Dogs FitnessHannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-74553367576399547862013-09-13T12:39:00.000-07:002013-09-15T11:33:31.034-07:00Bing's shaping games<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bing is a very energetic little character! I have started teaching him tricks, which are fabulous in so many ways; a) keeping him out of trouble, b) teaching him how to learn, c) teaching me how to teach him, d) expanding his problem-solving abilities, e) progressing his body awareness, proprioception, balance and co-ordination, f) building a stronger bond between us.
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Here he is playing 'get in the box'
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Bing learning to front feet target
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Bing learning to balance on a wobble cushion
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Bing teaching me the 'five second rule', I got up off my chair, turned around and this is what I saw!!
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So how difficult is it to be healthy? Harder than I thought to be honest! (And more expensive!!) (and I didn't think I was that unhealthy before, but helllooo! Wake up time!). Now (and forever more) grabbing a sandwich, pie, biscuit or bit of cake are all off the menu for me (along with most ready meals), so I have had to allocate more time and effort into sorting out what I eat. Funny also that when I'm out at meal times and ask for gluten free food, people think I have put myself on a calorie controlled diet and must only want to eat a lettuce leaf plus maybe half a tomato. Hmmm, no!! I would like to eat a tasty filling nutritious meal that does not poison me! I am not purposefully depriving myself of food because I want to be thin, what I would like is to be healthy and full of energy, as opposed to being really really exhausted and ill. So now I have to put together a balanced nutritional plan, making sure I am making up for previous malnurishment. Quite a lot of things to consider! but I am feeling so much better, so it is most definitely worth it. (Actually I would love a cream tea or a beer with a pizza but - well tough! If I wanted to I could drink crabbies ginger beer or cider, and eat chocolate, so all is not lost. Although now my body is a temple of course....)(Ha ha ha).
Life is good.Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-65331909551867090202013-09-13T11:37:00.003-07:002013-09-13T21:38:10.681-07:00Puppy progressI took Bing to a co-ordination and balance (body awareness/proprioception) workshop last week, and was very embarrassed to realise that, despite having wobble boards and lots of other equipment available, I had not shown Bing many of the things before. It was a fun evening; three of the Basileas Babies were there (Bings brother and sister).They found everything easy! They are all incredibly well co-ordinated, full credit to 'Grandma' Fran as she had all sorts of wobble cushions and other things for the pups to play with from a young age.
So what have I been doing? I thought perhaps I should blog about it, so that I don't forget! The day I bought Bing home, he objected every time I got more than arms length away from him. He has a very good pair of lungs!!! He also, despite having hundreds of toys, much prefers chewing wires :-S So the first thing was to find a way to get Bing to be happy (and quiet) in a crate.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUDUGXsvT9L-s4iq7RRwQQE7gXGRBtjNfgzBPwsdfI6PMRxOfVcJKgwt2HRp4PBMEaUXyRUlfwTXtUU3jx8Z9y98WDmCDlOHBDM-9MUTxDhgrVpjEpkeXGcZvR2O3Yjj678fBUNFIN_I/s1600/IMG_1500.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUDUGXsvT9L-s4iq7RRwQQE7gXGRBtjNfgzBPwsdfI6PMRxOfVcJKgwt2HRp4PBMEaUXyRUlfwTXtUU3jx8Z9y98WDmCDlOHBDM-9MUTxDhgrVpjEpkeXGcZvR2O3Yjj678fBUNFIN_I/s320/IMG_1500.JPG" /></a><br />
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Next, of course, the big important thing for puppies is to make sure they are happy and confident in all sorts of environments, so Bing has been out and about to have as many positive experiences as possible around people (shops, cafes), horses, cattle, sheep, birds, noisy places, childrens playgrounds. Finally, I always say, if you only teach your dog one thing, teach it to come when you call!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBB8phdY5-XYM52DT4ZuE2iqhDkHhPDTeN6U5TfOI0ozHARQyrfFL1yLDT0Dsthv5hrXU0p1daBHS0sfSGWmnj27outixKouh25qTGrdzXjAdEpb6dUDBqBFt54NVIR0S9opwDhEgK0Mc/s1600/Bing+recall+Aug+2013.mov" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBB8phdY5-XYM52DT4ZuE2iqhDkHhPDTeN6U5TfOI0ozHARQyrfFL1yLDT0Dsthv5hrXU0p1daBHS0sfSGWmnj27outixKouh25qTGrdzXjAdEpb6dUDBqBFt54NVIR0S9opwDhEgK0Mc/s320/Bing+recall+Aug+2013.mov" /></a>Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-24052525133383981122013-08-16T23:43:00.001-07:002013-08-16T23:43:36.094-07:00'Bing'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am very happy to introduce 'Bing' (Basileas Bing It On), my little bundle of joy :-)<br />Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-24389233179873863182013-08-16T10:50:00.002-07:002013-08-16T23:36:17.524-07:00The roller coaster of life<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well I haven’t blogged for a long time. I have had a bad
patch and not only have been feeling too poorly and exhausted to think about
blogging, but also I don’t think many people would be interested in reading
about nothing but my woes! So what do I have to bring to the table that makes it
worth me blogging now? I want to say something that might be useful to others
now, and so this blog will be in two parts. Part one is what has happened and
what I have learned from it (the bit that might be useful to others). Part two
will be the positive things that have resulted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So, to start with, many major things broke on the home front
(I have had no central heating all winter as I couldn’t afford to get it fixed,
then had a major greenhouse collapse, then more household, caravan and van
problems followed). I won’t dwell on too many details, but in addition I have
not felt well for quite some time now. During June I suffered a serious kidney
infection, and for a few weeks while the infection took hold of me, I was overcome with fever, chills and pain, and was unable to do anything but sleep. Worryingly
my local doctors surgery were so booked up I couldn’t get to see a doctor
immediately, and by the time I was seen, I was told I should probably be in
hospital. Luckily for me my wonderful sister took the dogs and I in to look
after us all. Because there is another, as yet unidentified, health problem or
problems underlying that infection, I have been in and out of the surgery and
hospital for tests ever since that time. Again, worrying that it is so difficult
to find out about all my test results. I keep chasing, but they just seem to go
missing. If you cannot get an expert opinion it is too easy to google in order
to look for answers. I think I am fairly pragmatic in my self diagnosis
and treatment, and have chosen to believe that eating healthily, getting enough
sleep, exercise and looking after myself is the front line approach to a return
to health (although I have decided to take multi-vitamins and some
immune system stimulating herbs as well). Because coeliac disease was implicated
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease I have been eating a gluten free
diet (harder than expected, especially considering that there seem to be such a
lot of people avoiding gluten). Most of my symptoms have lessoned or gone, although I still feel absolutely exhausted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the result of all this as far as agility is concerned is that I have
missed the majority of the competition season this year, and now find myself at
the end of the season unfit, exhausted, and with my dogs untrained and not as
fit as they could be as well. I have managed to go to those shows where I had a
commitment, ie I judged at Easter Celebration, Thames and the KC International
Agility Festival, and ring managed both days of the Agility Club show. I
apologise for not being able to judge the whole day at KCIAF last weekend, I did
not feel well enough to do the whole day. Thanks so much to Clive Hildersley for
taking over the judging in the afternoon. Apologies also if I have looked surly,
I know one person did comment that he thought that I was blanking him, I assure
everyone that is not the case, I just have not been feeling very well (I must
have a grumpy ‘ill face’). I will also say that I have never been sure how much
of chronic fatigue syndrome is in the mind, but now I can tell you, although I
cannot find sufficient words to express it well, how being exhausted all the
time is devastating, and it has brought me to tears on more than one occasion. Neither my mind nor body are working very well.
What I want to say to everyone is that generally speaking we just don’t
appreciate our health enough, until it is compromised. When I think how often
women think that being thin is more important than being healthy! How could we
get it so wrong! Health is so important, because nothing is terribly important
any more if you have no energy. So I want to say to everyone please, please eat
for your health and look after yourselves! </span><br />
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try to be brief but want to give a demonstration about the escalation of
problems once your health is compromised. Let us consider the case of coeliac
disease as it is topical to this blog, and according to some research may affect
up to 1% of the population (in the USA). Wikipedia tells us that <span lang="EN">Coeliac disease is caused
by a reaction to <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fGliadin" target="_blank" title="Gliadin"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>gliadin</strong></span></span></a>,
a <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fProlamin" target="_blank" title="Prolamin"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>prolamin</strong></span></span></a>
(<a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fGluten" target="_blank" title="Gluten"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>gluten</strong></span></span></a>
protein) found in wheat, and similar proteins found in the crops of the <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fTribe_(biology)" target="_blank" title="Tribe (biology)"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>tribe</strong></span></span></a>
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(which includes other common grains such as <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fBarley" target="_blank" title="Barley"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>barley</strong></span></span></a>
and <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fRye" target="_blank" title="Rye"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>rye</strong></span></span></a>).
Upon exposure to gliadin, and specifically to three <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fPeptide" target="_blank" title="Peptide"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>peptides</strong></span></span></a>
found in <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fProlamin" target="_blank" title="Prolamin"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>prolamins</strong></span></span></a>,
the enzyme <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fTissue_transglutaminase" target="_blank" title="Tissue transglutaminase"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>tissue
transglutaminase</strong></span></span></a> modifies the protein, and the <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fImmune_system" target="_blank" title="Immune system"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>immune
system</strong></span></span></a> cross-reacts with the small-bowel tissue, causing an <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fInflammation" target="_blank" title="Inflammation"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>inflammatory
reaction</strong></span></span></a>. That leads to a truncating of the villi lining the
small intestine (called villous atrophy). This <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fMalabsorption" target="_blank" title="Malabsorption"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>interferes
with the absorption</strong></span></span></a> of nutrients because the <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fIntestinal_villus" target="_blank" title="Intestinal villus"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>intestinal
villi</strong></span></span></a> are responsible for absorption, effectively leading to
malnutrition. The only known treatment is a lifelong <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fGluten-free_diet" target="_blank" title="Gluten-free diet"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>gluten-free
diet</strong></span></span></a>. While the disease is caused by a reaction to wheat
proteins, it is not the same as <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fWheat_allergy" target="_blank" title="Wheat allergy"><span class="Heading3Char"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><strong>wheat
allergy</strong></span></span></a>. Once malabsorbtion is occuring, <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fAnaemia" target="_blank" title="Anaemia"><span style="color: blue;">Anaemia</span></a> may develop in several ways: iron malabsorption may
cause <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fIron_deficiency_anaemia" target="_blank" title="Iron deficiency anaemia"><span style="color: blue;">iron deficiency anaemia</span></a>, and <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFolic_acid" target="_blank" title="Folic acid"><span style="color: blue;">folic acid</span></a> and <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fVitamin_B12" target="_blank" title="Vitamin B12"><span style="color: blue;">vitamin B<sub><span style="font-size: small;">12</span></sub></span></a> malabsorption may give rise to <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fMegaloblastic_anemia" target="_blank" title="Megaloblastic anemia"><span style="color: blue;">megaloblastic anaemia</span></a>. </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fCalcium_in_biology" target="_blank" title="Calcium in biology"><span style="color: blue;">Calcium</span></a> and <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fVitamin_D" target="_blank" title="Vitamin D"><span style="color: blue;">vitamin D</span></a> malabsorption (and compensatory secondary <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fHyperparathyroidism" target="_blank" title="Hyperparathyroidism"><span style="color: blue;">hyperparathyroidism</span></a>) may cause <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fOsteopenia" target="_blank" title="Osteopenia"><span style="color: blue;">osteopenia</span></a> (decreased mineral content of the bone) or <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fOsteoporosis" target="_blank" title="Osteoporosis"><span style="color: blue;">osteoporosis</span></a> (bone weakening and risk of fragility fractures).
Vitamin D malabsorption may cause problems with your immune system working
effectively, and Coeliac disease is also associated with <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fSmall_bowel_bacterial_overgrowth_syndrome" target="_blank" title="Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome"><span style="color: blue;">bacterial overgrowth</span></a> of the <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fSmall_intestine" target="_blank" title="Small intestine"><span style="color: blue;">small intestine</span></a>, which can worsen malabsorption or cause
malabsorption despite adherence to treatment. I could postulate that a kidney
infection (usually caused by E. coli, a bacteria present in the intestines),
would not be surprising. A small proportion of cases have abnormal <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fCoagulation" target="_blank" title="Coagulation"><span style="color: blue;">coagulation</span></a> due to <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fVitamin_K_deficiency" target="_blank" title="Vitamin K deficiency"><span style="color: blue;">vitamin K deficiency</span></a> and are slightly at risk for abnormal
bleeding. Coeliac disease has been linked with a number of other conditions
including: <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fIgA_deficiency" target="_blank" title="IgA deficiency"><span style="color: blue;">IgA deficiency</span></a> is present in 2.3% of people with coeliac
disease, and in turn this condition features a tenfold increased risk of coeliac
disease. Other features of this condition are an increased risk of infections
and <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fAutoimmune_disease" target="_blank" title="Autoimmune disease"><span style="color: blue;">autoimmune disease</span></a>. <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fHyposplenism" target="_blank" title="Hyposplenism"><span style="color: blue;">Hyposplenism</span></a> (a small and underactive <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fSpleen" target="_blank" title="Spleen"><span style="color: blue;">spleen</span></a>) occurs in about a third of cases and may predispose
people to infection, given the role of the spleen in protecting against
bacteria. Abnormal <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fLiver_function_test" target="_blank" title="Liver function test"><span style="color: blue;">liver function tests</span></a> are randomly detected on blood tests.
Coeliac disease is associated with a number of other medical conditions, many of
which are <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fAutoimmune_disorder" target="_blank" title="Autoimmune disorder"><span style="color: blue;">autoimmune disorders</span></a>: <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fDiabetes_mellitus_type_1" target="_blank" title="Diabetes mellitus type 1"><span style="color: blue;">diabetes mellitus type 1</span></a>, <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fThyroiditis" target="_blank" title="Thyroiditis"><span style="color: blue;">autoimmune thyroiditis</span></a>, <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fPrimary_biliary_cirrhosis" target="_blank" title="Primary biliary cirrhosis"><span style="color: blue;">primary biliary cirrhosis</span></a>, and <a href="https://outlook2007.kew.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bcf4d8b8cae9434681ed78c10cbf86d1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fMicroscopic_colitis" target="_blank" title="Microscopic colitis"><span style="color: blue;">microscopic colitis</span></a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although I don’t want to be overly dramatic, being very ill
does make you think about your own mortality, especially while you are awaiting
diagnosis and are aware that you could be facing something that you might not
recover from (the doctor did test for cancer; coeliac disease if left untreated
can lead to cancer). In addition, while I don’t want to disclose the details of
the lives of my friends, knowing that some of those who are dear to me are
facing some serious challenges is also quite sobering. We are all equal in that
we are born, we live a while, we die. I will leave you to ponder more on that if
you want to, aware that I could easily digress from the positive outcome I am
intending to write about. One of the most comforting things someone said to me
during a particularly low point when I was mourning the loss of Becky, was that
it was less important how long she lived than how well she lived. This low point
was earlier this year, leading up to the second anniversary of her death. Those
words brought comfort because she was indeed very much loved, and we really did
have a wonderful time together. My attitude began to improve from melancholy
when I thought more on the reason that losing her left such a big hole was
because of how much she brought in to my life, and I felt with more and more
certainty that I would rather feel that sadness and mourn her loss, than never
have had her here. All these factors also keep reminding me of how important it
is to live now and not put things off, make the most of any opportunity that
comes your way. Around the same time I remember joking with a good friend that I
would be very annoyed if, having scrimped and saved for the next 20 years so
that I can pay off all my debts, I died in 10. Although I didn’t know it at the
time, all these changes to my outlook occurred on the day a special little puppy
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have not been able to find the right puppy here in the UK. Encouraged by friends
I have been searching on the continent, and thought I would have to drive over
to France (or Sweden) to get my puppy. Then a freak series of events led me to
discover a little merle puppy born not very far from me. He was everything I was
looking for, except he is not a PSD! He is Mini American Shepherd
http://www.basileas-minis.com/ A rather quick decision had to be made as he had
been booked but then had become unexpectedly available, however there was quite
a list of people who wanted him had I decided not to have him. Getting him feels
absolutely the right thing to have done. He is full of joy. I expect he will be
featuring on this blog in the future, he is a little dog with a big character,
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:-)<br />Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-80897887431002863002013-05-17T09:19:00.001-07:002013-05-17T09:19:20.123-07:00Zazzy running dog walk March 8 2013<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/yAyPDLeOmgc" width="459"></iframe>Here is a bit more video of Zazzy's running dog walk training March 8th 2013Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-50409875578269342502013-05-17T09:18:00.000-07:002013-05-17T09:18:00.046-07:00Zazzy's running dog walk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has not been that easy to decide whether to blog about Zazzy's running dog walk. I rather hoped that I would be able to retrain her from a stopped contact to running over the winter, but unfortunately neither hope nor determination turned out to be enough! What we absolutely did need is regular access to an adjustable dog walk!! The training was going so well that is makes me really sad to admit defeat. But unfortunately, the only adjustable dog walk I have access to requires a 50 mile round trip and to hire an indoor school. This means that we have not even managed to keep up once a week training, it has been a couple of months now and we have had very few sessions. On top of that the show season has started, and as the running contact behavior is not ready for competition, we have been using a stop. At the last training session I could not get Zazzy to run the contact, she seemed to think I was proofing her stop (even though the two behaviours are on different cues, I think the new run cue is just too new and too infrequently used). I don't think it would be fair to keep going with it now, I don't want to confuse her. The mat and plank work went really well, and I have to say Zazzy absolutely loved the running contact training! She was shouting for more! </div>
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Mat work is easy to do as I could take mats anywhere, we could do some lunchtime running where ever we were. Making transportable planks was fairly arduous, but once I had made them, I could take those on occasion too, and/or use them in my back garden. Once we were on a dog walk plank, and the early stages of raising it, well that wasn't too difficult to set up at friendly venues. However, March came around too soon, so we went back to a stopped contact for our Crufts team event. Around that time I started to struggle with not having a full dog walk set up that I could use regularly. If we had not started the show season, if I could have let her forget the stopping behaviour, and if I had a set up that we could use regularly, I have no doubt that Zazzy could have acheived a successful switch from stopped to running. She really seemed to 'get' it. Here is a bit of video to show where she had got to by February.</div>
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I am glad that I have given it a try, we have both really enjoyed it, and I have learnt loads about how dogs move, as well as getting more experience of shaping behaviours. I could not get a second video to load, but it shows clearly that without shaping, zazzy would not run just through the end of the contact, she would stride over it most the time. I also would love to have another go! Teaching it as a first behaviour, rather than a re-train, is something I would love to try.</div>
Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-51846086059144379422013-05-17T06:17:00.000-07:002013-08-16T10:52:32.061-07:00MayUnfortunately early May has become a sad time of year for me, as I lost my treasured little Becky to cancer in May two years ago. Because I always cry when I think about it, I don't speak about it very much, even two years on. She was only 11 years old and I feel she should have had many more years, she was taken from me far too soon, and I still feel a huge amount of grief, sadness and devastation. When I lost her I learnt so much more than I previouly realised about how precious my dogs are to me, how their time with us is far too short, and how it is really important to make the most of every moment. Someone very wise said to me recently, it is not the length of life that is important, it is the quality of the lives we live while we are here. Well Becky and I sure had one hell of a good time together! I don't think I am exaggerating to say that she turned my life onto a different path, perhaps that's why I miss her walking next to me so much. However, slowly (thanks to my wonderful friends for their patience!) I feel that I am thinking more about all the good, amazing, brilliant times she filled my life with, and dwelling less on the sadness of losing her. I felt for a very long time that I could not have another dog because it was just too painful when you lose them. However now I also realise that the reason that they leave such a big hole in your life is because they enrich your life so much when they are here. If you try to avoid the pain of losing your best friend by not having one, you miss out on an immensely rich tapestry of life, and it is even sader to not live to the full during the relatively short time you are alive and able! Every day my little guys make me laugh with their joyful antics, and I feel so lucky to have such a great rapport with them. <br />
Rest In Peace Becky, thank you for the wonderful time we had.Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-12954377980934205972013-04-22T10:15:00.002-07:002013-04-29T08:51:39.429-07:00Short adventure!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I have had a wonderful time away, stopping off in the Lake District on the way up to Scotland. We competed at the Kingdom of Fife Championship show, where Deece was more enthusiastic than accurate, but Zazzy did really well and won the championship reserve ticket :-)</div>
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Then we went on to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, where we only had one good day of weather sadly, but made the most of it! This is Loch Katrine viewed from Ben A'an.</div>
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The weather eased up enough for a lovely walk there<br />
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We even had a rainbow.....<br />
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Then two!! (Bit faint but you can just about make them out)<br />
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Despite lots of weather....<br />
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One thing I love about Deece is that he always makes the most of every situation, and even in the cold and pouring rain made me chuckle by his enthusiasm for a paddle in any puddle :-)</div>
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At the end of the week I headed down to Lincoln for the British team try-outs, a weekend of tests set up to select eight of the very best large sized dogs with their handlers (plus 4 medium and 4 small sized dogs) to compete for Britain in the European Championships. It was a brilliant weekend, I really enjoyed the courses and skills tests, loved seeing some great agility, and loved the fab company! I really enjoyed immersing myself in agility for the weekend :-) There were some outstanding performances, there were some unlucky runs, and there were a couple of dogs for whom sadly it was just not their weekend at all! I am pretty sure we all know how that feels! A good agility run is exhilerating and can make you feel on top of the world, but equally the next run can (and usually does) bring you right back down to Earth! Neither myself nor my two dogs really managed our best performances, however I absolutely loved the FCI style courses and the skills tests, learnt a lot, it was great to watch, and I got a good shot of motivation, so all in all a very worthwhile experience! Perhaps I shouldn't be too harsh on reflection, Zazzy was lying nineth until a tiny lapse of judgement on my part got her eliminated in the team run. The only fly in the ointment was that we had an FCI tyre as an obstacle in our last test course (having not seen one before, and as an owner of a particularly large sized, inexperienced young dog - the aperture they had to jump through looked tiny and surrounded by a metal frame and lots of tapes/ropes). This upset me for many reasons, safety of my dogs being top of the list, plus I thought it was not strictly necessary at this stage as it would only test who had trained on a FCI tyre before rather than speed and accuracy, and possibly even inappropriate to have it in the course because it belonged to one of the competitors. I felt it would not be fair to ask Deece to attempt it at speed so chose to miss it out, rather than take any risk of him hurting himself, even though this would get us disqualified. Under FCI rules stopping him to set him up to attempt the tyre more safely would also result in disqualification so I saw no point in attempting it at all. I only watched half the large dogs run this event but even so saw three dogs hit the tyre hard enough to break it, another five hit it not quite so hard, and one missed the tyre but jumped through the surrounding metal frame. Anyway here is Deece's run, missing out the tyre:<br />
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Although cold, the sun came out at last, horrah! and there were many sunburnt (and windburnt!) faces at the end of the weekend. <br />
I would like to thank to some lovely people over the last couple of weekends, to Peter and Tricia Elms who were so kind, helpful and generally lovely up in Scotland (where everyone seems so nice!), and everyone at Lincoln for a great show and being such good company, we had loads of laughter and a really good time.<br />
Finally, thank you to the 'gentleman' I passed on the trail at the top of Ben A'an, who certainly embodied the spirit of the current advert that says 'Visit Scotland..... Surprise yourself'. Well I certainly got one big surprise! I was chuckling all week following our encounter, which started with him saying 'Oh hello, I wasn't expecting to see anyone up here... I haven't got any clothes on....' It seems very strange to want to be in the cold and windy hills without any protection, but each to their own I guess! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIlPJjRTH941wgZIGcQBwyftokJxTLAmpWmCnF6rkO0-f3PJsP3lMVWM2TuvKX1qm2RV_GheMYjA415WZuNVsVtM42KGLpv-2tydl6WGn1zldFcZjPUg1NC5qzfP8BlcfHTbDwAKkkbM/s1600/IMG_1045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dua="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIlPJjRTH941wgZIGcQBwyftokJxTLAmpWmCnF6rkO0-f3PJsP3lMVWM2TuvKX1qm2RV_GheMYjA415WZuNVsVtM42KGLpv-2tydl6WGn1zldFcZjPUg1NC5qzfP8BlcfHTbDwAKkkbM/s320/IMG_1045.JPG" width="320" /></a>Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-57764201567336400562013-04-03T14:44:00.000-07:002013-04-29T08:54:32.590-07:00Easter Celebration agility showEaster Celebration was my first open show in over six months, in fact our last KC show was the KC International Agility Festival last August! It has been a really cold March, actually I have been the coldest I have felt all winter. <br />
I competed one day and judged the next. My dogs were brilliant, but I felt a bit rusty, and some sloppy late cues got both dogs eliminated in the Olympia qualifier which was a shame as I loved the course set up by Leslie Osborne. Deece was excited to be competing but unfortunately had one or two poles down in every run. Zazzy was around two seconds slower than Deece around each course, but was clear! She came 10th in her jumping and 3rd in her agility. <br />
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On Sunday I judged jumping classes, grade 7 large, grade 6 large, grade 6 and 7 medium, and a helter-skelter of jumps and tunnels for large grades 1 and 2. When judging I really will everyone on to do well. It was thought provoking when someone said perhaps I should just put up a circle of jumps then, so everyone can do well. To me agility is a test of control and speed, and I love to see a harmonious partnership attack a course with a good display of both. A circle is a test of who has the fastest dog, but the joy I got from watching the good runs around the courses I put up showed what fantastic trainers and handlers there are around right now. Brilliant displays of control and speed were exactly what I saw in a large number of runs around my courses at the weekend. I saw lots of different ways to handle the courses too, which was great. There really was some spine-tingling brilliance. I hate to single out one run, but Toni Dawkins guided Cute round the grade 6 course to win with about three seconds to spare, which is a massive margin, especially when it is more common for the top ten rounds to all be within the same second of each other in competitions here in south east England. I was very pleased for her as it was Cute’s final win to take him up to grade 7.</div>
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We have had a fabulous little break. After Crufts my sister and I went on for a few days holiday in the Peak District, which was beautiful. Deece and I also got to do some training with Janita Leinonen & Jaakko Suoknuuti which was fantastic. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" id="ctl00_PageTitle_tm_Breadcrumb1_SkipLink"></a></div>
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Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-52328730279666471032013-03-15T11:16:00.003-07:002013-03-15T11:16:22.846-07:00Zazzy at Crufts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was so pleased with Zazzy at Crufts, she was the happiest and most and confident I have ever seen her at a big event, and we had a fabulous time and really enjoyed it. You can see her run on the video at about 26 minutes.Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-52286410216508773042013-02-18T06:20:00.000-08:002013-02-18T06:20:09.406-08:00Back to training!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
My dogs have had a nice break from agility, and now I have carefully and gradually brought them back into training. They have had lots of walks, swimming and running, plus we have been doing lots of core muscle group strength games. I have started on Zazzys running dog walk training and am pleased with how it is going. Considering I am trying to re-train her at 5 years old, I knew it would take a while, but actually it will probably take longer than I thought. I am keeping a stopped dog walk in training on a different cue, I will need this for Crufts in a few weeks! Here is her running A-frame, extract taken from a Matthew Goodliffe training day I went to over the weekend:</div>
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I am pleased with Deece as well here is a video of him on the handling section of the training day:</div>
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<a href="http://www.doglost.co.uk/">www.doglost.co.uk</a>. Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-13419674482334182912012-12-31T09:32:00.001-08:002012-12-31T09:32:22.532-08:00End of 2012<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
Well here comes the end of 2012, time to pause and reflect before the New Year. It has been an immensely busy year for me on many levels. However, the purpose of this blog concerns my dogs, who continue to amaze, inspire and bring great joy into my life, we are having the best time. I feel that there is a probably the biggest surge of evolution on the agility front that I have ever experienced, it may take some time for me to assimulate and perfect all the changes, but I think long term it will be worthwhile, I guess we will see. I am experiencing new (to us) types of handling and training, and both myself and my dogs are loving it. I am looking forward to 2013!</div>
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Here is a snippet of the 'European style' handling training day I attended last weekend. This is Zazzy and I learning how to do blind turns.</div>
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May I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy and peaceful New Year.</div>
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Many thanks to Bonny Quick for filming! And a huge well done to her for winning the novice final :)</div>
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Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-16727635532763187012012-10-01T10:49:00.001-07:002012-10-02T04:14:10.560-07:00Autumn already!My feet seem to have hardly had time to touch the ground this year, I am working harder than ever and for longer hours... most weekdays the alarm goes off just before six, I get up, leave home, and am rarely back before at least 10:30pm. Bit gutted that despite this I am about to spend a second winter without heating in my house as I can't afford to get it fixed. Apart from having more work in my day job than ever, I have also taken on some evening agility teaching. After some initial teething troubles and stress, things have settled down and I feel very lucky to have such a lovely group of people and dogs to work with. As the summer competitions are drawing to a close, I am now asking lots of questions to prepare my training over the winter. The kind of questions I am asking myself now are, are my foundations strong enough? From Susan Garrett's blog:<br />
'The Three Crucial Keys to Agility Greatness'<br />
She says: 'So you want to know what I view as the three most important things in creating a great agility dog? Foundation, foundation, foundation.'<br />
Similarly, from Dave Munnings: 'The more I learn and the more I teach, the more I realise the importance of foundation.'<br />
And from the Olympic British Cycling coaches: 'the ethos has been to make small gains in all areas, which result in major gains in performance... the devilishly fast times are in the detail.' <br />
I already have quite a list of agility related things to work on, but I will also be revisiting many other things over the winter. Apart from working on agility performance, my dogs will be getting at least six weeks away from agility completely, and during this time I will be looking at general fitness, body awareness, focus (espceially working on counter-conditioning Zazzy to situations that she finds testing), drive, and self control.Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-1407685461240216292012-08-20T10:36:00.001-07:002012-08-29T03:33:34.074-07:00Short show report!There has not been much for me to post about shows, this is partly because I have entered much fewer shows this year (I can't afford to go to as many as I would like, and my work load has increased enormously leaving me with very little time or energy), plus the monsoon style season we have had in GB this year has resulted in the cancellation of quite a number of the shows that I did enter (or I have decided not to run in them, especially if the mud/ lakes were in combination with wooden rather than rubber contacts.). It is also because I had planned the season around taking Deece to novice qualifiers, and as he won out in April (bigger ooops than I realised at the time!), that kinda left us a bit adrift (or is that up a stream without a paddle)! I ought to write about my judging experiences when I have time though, I have learnt a lot from that.<br />
I have very much enjoyed the shows that we have gone to, as I made them into holidays, the dogs and I love our walks in the hills, as the previous blog pictures show! Zazzy and Deece have both been pretty good in the competitions that we have been to, to my amazement Deece got his four wins within a few days of going into grade 6 to get to grade 7, and he also won his first grade 7 class. Although Zazzy is not as fast as him over the ground, she has had a few wins at grade 7 too. I am pleased that Zazzy's running A-frame is getting better all the time. I am starting to think I might be able to get her to run her dog walk using the same principles and training methods, but that project should probably wait until the winter. She seems to be enjoying her training more and more, although she is still much flatter training in a group, and still feels much, much slower at shows. She will still occasionally go very flat and start missing out equipment/not doing all the weaves/not doing her contacts very well if she is not feeling on full form. I still have plenty of work to do with Deece's contacts as we have a bit of a problem with him hesitating at the moment. Never-the-less, I am really pleased with his championship debut, he got to the final at the Agility Club show and clocked a time very close to the winning one, despite coming to a complete stop on the A-frame. He has also coped extremely well with some very testing courses, for example some put up at the KC International Agility Festival, where he qualified for the British Open final. He is a brilliant boy, and more important the loviest dog to have around and my best pal. We are nearly at the end of the show season, so I am already starting to look forward to winter training .... lots of ideas and hopes!Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212576146594495239.post-59268806026327167732012-06-11T09:49:00.000-07:002012-06-12T05:58:30.757-07:00Having fun!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love Scotland, what a beautiful place! We had the most wonderful time walking in the hills and paddling in the lochs. On the journey back down south we stopped off at the Hare 'n' Hounds show. Deece had just moved up to grade 6 and was amazing, he won three agility and one jumping grade 6 class which means he has moved straight up to grade 7!Hannah Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274186262302898292noreply@blogger.com1