Category: Flyball
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British Flyball Championships 2009
This was our first time at the “new look” BFA Championships, but we couldn’t have picked a better weekend; gorgeous weather, fantastic racing and maybe just a little bit of luck on our side, as we’d drawn in the top half of the seedings for all our divisions. Friday The girls were up. We knew…
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Catch Up
A weekend at home! I’ve never been so happy not to be doing anything at all. Kim’s had a bath after rolling in something really unpleasant this morning which meant I had a tan, white and green dog, and Mollie is baking outside. She seems to be enjoying herself though, so I’ll leave her to…
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Scarborough
Nice venue, shame they put the rings on the hill! Kim was bumped up to Hawk as one of the other dogs went lame. She loved it, she looked great and kept going all day, I was very proud of her! She brought the jumps down to 12″ too which meant Skye clocked a few…
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Rotherham
So crazy; 4 teams on Saturday and 1 team on Sunday. Naturally, due to the laws of nature demanding that I never sleep, Dylan was on Saturday and the girls were both on Sunday. Dylan’s team ran really well, we just had four dogs (Lucy, Dylan, Skye, and Brooke) and we thought we were going…
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Dogs Unleashed
A much quieter show than I had anticipated, although there did seem to be more people there on Sunday. My sources tell me that it is planned to become an annual event, and so perhaps next year there will be more people around (word of mouth?) and it might feel like the big show I…
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Doncaster Cantley Park
This was such a heartbreaking competition for us last year, and this year was looking increasingly disasterous on the dog front, with 6 dogs coming down injured in the preceeding week. We can’t seem to shake the bad luck at Cantley, and being a suspicious bunch we might make the longer trek over to the…
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Honeysuckle Cottage 2009
This will be a familiar venue for some readers, I think, as it’s where the Delinquent Dogz agility series is held. I’ve never been before and it’s the first time there has been a flyball tournament there. It’s a nice venue; the ground held up incredibly well, and a lot of teams ran some quick…
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Agility Training
Some interesting sessions this week; two, in fact! Kim = Must. Support. Obstacles. Kim has changed her running style slightly during her injury and recovery time, and I need to be right there with her and supporting the obstacles before asking her to turn, otherwise she will turn too soon. Kim also ran with Katie,…
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Sunny Afternoons
The dogs and I have spent the weekend lounging about in the garden and having a lovely sunbathing time. This is our only free weekend until mid-September, as we’ve had a bit of a mix about with some flyball dates that have cancelled my free weekend in July. Providing nothing is cancelled, we’ve got a…
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Middlesbrough Flyball
Look what a beautiful morning it was when we set off at 6am … Should have known that wouldn’t last! Middlesbrough is now our first outdoor flyball competition of the season. This tournament is really well organised, has good racing, a nice venue, and yet every year I fail to find any enthusiasm for racing…