Why Did I Feel the Need to Explain My Dog Agility Results?

What if the most interesting part of an agility run isn’t the result, but our need to explain it afterwards? After catching myself slipping into an old pattern of managing perceptions, I started reflecting on psychological safety, masking, performance pressure and why so many neurodivergent handlers struggle to feel they truly belong in dog sports.

Unleashed Agility: Our Experience At Our First Independent Dog Agility Show

So I am actually a bit ashamed to say that before yesterday we had never been to an independent agility show! So for those that don’t understand what I mean, in the UK there are two main organisations that run agility shows. The Kennel Club (KC) is the one most people know about along withContinue reading “Unleashed Agility: Our Experience At Our First Independent Dog Agility Show”

Copying – A hindrance or a help? 🤔

Copying is unfortunately something I’ve become used to all of my life. Even back to my school days I can recall many a situation where I was being copied one way or another. When I set up this business many years back a local person copied every single thing on my website! So you couldContinue reading “Copying – A hindrance or a help? 🤔”

🥳Fourth in the Final for Flash!🥳🍾🧩

On Sunday we had a trip to Agility Vision as Flash had qualified for the Grand National Finals sponsored by Adams Agility. We weren’t expecting much as both dogs have been having a semi break from competing so we are a bit out of practice at shows as we haven’t been doing many this summerContinue reading “🥳Fourth in the Final for Flash!🥳🍾🧩”

2020 Round Up 📰

So what a weird year 2020 was! Despite all the madness there were plenty of positives that have come out of this year! Yes there were a lot of negatives and a lot of people will be glad to see the back of this year but for the purpose of keeping sane it is importantContinue reading “2020 Round Up 📰”