Category: Jet

  • Doncaster Flyball

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    Doncaster hold their winter tournament at the Northern Racing College, and I’ve been to this venue plenty of times, but I’ve never seen any Thoroughbreds until this weekend. They didn’t seem all that bothered with us, to be honest. Bit of a disasterous start to the day, when we arrived at 8:15 and found out…

  • Girls vs. Girls

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    Dylan has a super cute quirk of resting his head on things. His head is the perfect height for resting on people’s laps, so he does that all the time, and looks up at you with big sad puppy eyes. This usually means he wants a cuddle. However, he also rests his head on other…

  • Rotherham Flyball

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    Days like this remind me why I do flyball. I was pretty excited about Dylan’s team anyway, they’re a fab fast bunch of dogs who were on a very comfortable seed time, and both Dylan and Skye love running over 12″. Perfect conditions! Anyway, the last race against Marnicks was down to the wire stuff,…

  • South Durham

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    One of those days that tried to be a bad day, but was secretly a good day. I only took Dylan, but he made up for being 1 dog by doing the work of 2, as he had seven runs over the course of the day! We started off with Combined 1-7 Jumping, a class…

  • Redcar

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    Flyball at one of my favourite ever venues, walks on the beach and beautiful weather. Can’t ask for much more! Dylan and his best redhead girl Skye were up with the Barneys in Div 2, and we came 1st, just pipping the lovely Monsters gang, and most of the racing went to 5 legs so…

  • British Flyball Championships 2009

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    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…

  • EMDAC July

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    Rain. Next year we must all pray to the agility gods well in advance, and ask that if rain is required, let it be light and drift over the showground quickly. Because this year, it rained relentlessly, heavily, and wetly for 2 days before giving us all false hope with 12 hours of sunshine. And…

  • Nottingham

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    I haven’t been to Nottingham for years; last time we competed there, Kim was a large dog. Way back when! The show is still really well-organised and it’s a lovely atmosphere, but the ground is awful to run on (pitted and rough, worse in some rings than others) and there is absolutely no shade offered…

  • Things I Learnt Today at Flyball

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    Dylan simply cannot flyball in ankle deep mud. He doesn’t go anywhere and falls over a lot. Mollie firmly believes that Jet drops her ball, even though Jet doesn’t. Jet cannot understand why Mollie is following her. You can’t throw balls past Dylan’s head on the runback and expect him to keep facing forwards. Kim…

  • Rotherham Flyball: A Photo Diary

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    VIDEO: A Noise Sample from a Quiet Moment. Dylan’s team, Marsh Owlers, race. There are no spare hands to take photos! It’s a shambles anyway, we lose all three races. VIDEO: A Series of False Starts. Oops! VIDEO: The Eagle Owlers. VIDEO: The Marsh Owlers, on a slight return to form. But not really. VIDEO:…