About Jake
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Jake is a black & tan lurcher. (Huh? That's not a lurcher!)
Jake was adopted from Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home in August 2004. He now lives the life of Riley in a leafy suburb of Edinburgh. His interests include agility, running like the wind, enticing other dogs to chase him, fellow sighthounds Molly & Steve, squirrels, swans, plush swans, swans on telly, Portobello beach, the Edinburgh hills, sofas, & snoozing.
Jake wears Earth Dog hemp collars. His collar tag (compliant with KC agility regs) is from the excellent Indigo Collar Tags.
Jake’s twitterfeed
- SInging along more tunefully than many acts on #eurovision. 3 days ago
- Been lounging this evening on a sunny terrace in Holyrood watching the world go by like we live in Barcelona rather than Edinburgh. 4 days ago
- Triumphal sleep-farts to celebrate winning into grade 3 at the Scottish Kennel Club agility show today. 1 week ago
- Toad in the hole is the food of the gods. 1 week ago
- My Kennel Club name should've been Lad o'Pairts. Would have sounded great on the tannoy at shows. 1 week ago
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A visit to Craigmillar Castle
A dreich spring Sunday is always livened up by a trip to a local castle. Not Edinburgh Castle – hoi polloi dogs aren’t allowed (assistance dogs can visit, of course). The other castle in Edinburgh is Craigmillar, run by Historic … Continue reading
Dun-contactin’
Dundee was the first show of the 2010 season for us. We went through for just the Saturday, on a glorious spring day in Camperdown Park. We didn’t even manage a clear run but I was just so relieved to … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Agility shows
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Breaking news: LAB-LURCH coalition
We agree on agility, eating bread left for ducks, chasing squirrels and barking unhelpfully at German Shepherds. We are your canine overlords. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
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We’re back
That’s quite enough faffing around with blog migration, thanks.
Posted in Techie
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New look for Jake’s Progress coming soon
We’re working on migrating Jake’s blog from Blogger to WordPress over the next week or so. So this is a holding message until we go live with the new site. Back soon, with tales of the new agility season …
Posted in Techie
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The moose loose aboot this hoose
We’ve been away for a week & when we got back, I opened a kitchen cupboard & found mouse droppings. Grrr. Itinerant mice are pretty common in Edinburgh tenements & multiple occupancy buildings but we haven’t seen hide or hair … Continue reading
The therapy dog
I found myself dealing with more unhappy situations with my 80 year old aunt last week. As she’s in hospital at the moment, I took Jake to Tyneside with me as my therapy dog and he was brilliant – great … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Travel
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2o2o
In our first proper training session this year, it was no great surprise that Jake’s contacts had gone to pot. He was so happy to be at agility again that he was tanking round – and launching himself off the … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Training
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Silent through the snowpocalyse
All quiet here for a while. Before Christmas I was spending most weekends travelling to help my aunt, who lives about 100 miles away. I bailed out of a couple of agility shows because of that. And then just before … Continue reading
Posted in Park life, Scotland
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