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Abi Rings the Belle
Abigail Orme (13) joined the Young Kennel Club
at Crufts this past March. She had one ambition this year and that was to get the dog she
trains to Crufts 2005.
(08/07/04) |
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Agility in a Para-llel Universe
Just seven months after becoming only the
second handler in the UK to have used a wheelchair when competing in agility, Philippa
Armstrong exceeded expectation and won her first competition. A long time advocate of
equal opportunities, Philippa is now practicing what she preached. Here's what she's
learned so far.
(18/11/04) |
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Big Husky Trek 2006
Well known agility vet chills out on a five day dog sledding expedition for charity.
(04/04/06) |
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Bob Sharpe's Field of Dreams
Soraya Porter tracked down Bob Sharpe in deepest Dereham, to hear about
his 'field of dreams.'
(21/09/08) |
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Chris Bradley: A Wet Wet Wet Introduction to Agility
When Chris Bradley started agility
training two years ago, she simply wanted to do it for fun. Being completely
non-competitive and with a life-long horror of performing anything solo in front of
others, she had no ambition to compete. |
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Alan & Jayne Bray: The
'First' Couple of British Agility
An
up close and personal interview with Alan and Jayne. By Lisa Gantly.
(07/02/02) |
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Children & Shows
A day in the life of an agility mum, proving that there is
agility after childbirth. Janet Wagner, mother of two small
boys, wife and agility handler writes about what it's like competing with young children.
With some cute pictures of kids. (26/09/02) |
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Mick Chambers: How I Got to Vyne
As a child Mick Chambers always had dogs around the house, and he would have loved
to have one or two of his own. When he married Lorraine, they were both in full-time
employment so they felt it would be unfair to have a dog. They agreed to wait until the
time was right. That time was 20 years later! (02/06/00) |
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Don Cooper: Profile
The first in a series of articles about
our top handlers by Theresa Lawrence of Agility Needs, starting with Don Cooper.
(14/03/01) |
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Deaf Handlers in Agility
Mary Elizabeth Simpson never learned to use sign language and was
mainstreamed all her life. She learned to take the ups and downs of being a deaf child in
a hearing world. Everyone's love in the family was no match, however, for the love that
her dogs gave to her.
(25/09/00) |
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Lee Gibson
Lee
Gibson runs Lee Gibson Training (LGT) based in the picturesque South Shropshire hills. He
started agility at the age of 12 and now trains full time. Lately he's been to clubs all over Europe to both train and judge
which is why you
probably haven't seen much of him at shows! Gina Graham reports. (07/09/09) |
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Barbara Handelmann; Agility on Wheels
Barbara Handelmann may be newbie to
agility but not to dogs. She has two different conditions, each causing chronic pain -
diabetic neuropathy in her feet and fibromyalgia. She can walk, but pays a heavy price
with pain, so she has been using assistive technology for about five years. She says,
'I've had to swallow a lot of pride to use the wheelchair, but the choices are that or
have my life progressively more and more constricted!'
(21/8/99) |
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Meet Michelle Johnstone
Michelle Johnston has been a sculptress for
well over 20 years. Dogs are her other love. No wonder she thinks there is nothing nicer
than watching dog agility and then capturing that enthusiasm in porcelain in her pottery
pets. |
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Samantha
Lawrence - French Under 11 Champion
Samantha
Lawrence moved to the France with her family in 2004. Battling through ill health she
persevered at her agility and at the age of 11 became the
Junior French Agility Champions (Under 11). She
wrote this article which first appeared in Fetch,
the YKC magazine. |
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Magic Moments
Agility handlers share
their personal triumphs and disasters - hopefully not to many of those - with people with
you. Kicking off
with:-
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My Rescue Champion - Carol Hughes
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Cassie The Battersea Lassie -
Glenda Cutler
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Winning Out of Starters -
Jenny Lovegrove
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Mencap Charity Run - Nick Jones
(13/04/02)
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Lesley Olden: The
First Agility Champion
The British have their first Agility
Champion. On August bank holiday Monday, at the Wilton agility event in the north of
England, Lesley Olden from the Romsey area in the south, won her third Agility
certificate with Waggerland Whoosh of Nedlo under the judging eye of John
Tallentire. Agility pioneer Peter Lewis salutes Lesley Olden and Loobie.
(04/09/01) |
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Val Philips: Hands Up, Who's Got a
Valgray?
If you have anything to do with the agility
circuit, you cannot have missed hearing the name Valgray. One very fiery lady called
Val Phillips (‘Auntie Val’ to her dogs) runs Valgrays Border Collie Rescue.
Heather Noddle had a long chat with this petite, blonde human dynamo who has done
more for the welfare of collies than most of us can imagine.
(24/10/00)
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Gwyn Roberts: Meet the Olympia 2000
Judge Who Never Was!
With an enforced year out due to major knee surgery, the year 2000 was looking to be a
very bleak one for Gwyn Roberts. However, an invitation from Pedigree Masterfoods
to judge agility’s most prestigious final soon put a smile back on his face. Cruel twist
fate, however, meant that he never got to use the courses he had drawn up.
(24/11/00) |
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Lolly Scott & Tigger
Having
a super fast dog may not be all it is cracked up to be. Lolly Scott shares her story of
dedication and hard work.
(02/05/06) |
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Mary Stephens & Flora
The story of Mary Stephens, a remarkable lady
who started agility in her 80s with a rescue WSD and is beating the younger generation. |
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Substitute
Large dog handler Paul Oldfield couldn't resist
the opportunity to run Wendy Clay's Small dog in the Agiity Club Champ class when Scout's
regular handler was away. What happened next? (28/11/09) |
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Joyce
Turner: Interview
How she got to be the Administrator of the
Galloway Midi Challenge and why.
(31/03/03) |
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Lynn Voyce
Agility has been a life saver for Lynn Voyce
who has cancer and emphysema. She has lived to watch dogs run, albeit with other people.
It meant the world for her to see her Lucy compete at Crufts 2009.
(28/03/09) |
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Dawn Weaver
Soraya Porter managed to lure Dawn Weaver away
from her many duties, not to mention seven competition dogs, to try and find out the key
to her amazing agility successes.
(09/12/08) |
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Hayley Wells
Dawn Williams talks to the ten year old winner of the YKC Agility Dog of the Year
talk about her thoughts on Crufts 2003, her dog and her ambitions.
(10/04/03) |
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