Modern Dog Blog

Flyball super dogs!!

Dyson and Teak made their flyball competition debuts at the “Racing Rim Country” tournament put on by our team in Payson, Az. It was pretty cool, way fun, and so neat to watch it all come together. Teak did a bit better than Dyson, while she may not be as fast as the dogs with longer legs, she gets the game and runs her little heart out. Dyson bombed his first races as he kept running around the jumps on the way back. He redeemed himself the next time out though and did well enough to earn his first title - Flyball Dog. Teak got her Flyball Dog and Flyball Dog Excellent (FD and FDX, respectively). To put this in a bit of perspective for you, FD is achieved when your doggie earns 50 points, D got 55 that weekend, and FDX is I believe 150 points (but don’t quote me on that). Teak got 200 points. Karma, a lifelong flyball competitor, recently received her Flyball Grand Champion title (FGDCh), and that is I believe 30,000 points. So you see, our little titles are merely the tip of the iceberg - but boy was it fun!! Here are some pics of our weekend.

I love love love the shot of Teak coming back over the jump with her little tail flying. Is it bizarre that I think her butt is incredibly cute?
More pics of doggies jumping! How many can you take, you ask? Oh, so many, you have no idea. These are just my dogs, I must’ve taken 300 over the course of the weekend of our team dogs. Don’t worry, I won’t torture you with those.

The second one her is actually of Teak heading over the finish line. I was SO PROUD of her. I kid you not, the whole crowd was cheering for her. Clapping and whooping. I wasn’t the only one thrilled to get to see this little bitty dog run her heart out. There’s just something about those little ones, running as fast as they can to play a game with the big dogs. Pretty exciting day for me, her and my team. Always fun to start new dogs.

I love the first picture, not only because you can see my fabulous new elbow rolls (hey pregnancy has not been kind to me), but the look on Teak’s face “I did it huh ma? I’m doing good huh? This is fun stuff!” Thanks to Jonnie for catching that awesome moment. And for those of you who know flyball, yes, Teak’s box is terrible, and we’re working on it. The problem is she doesn’t seem to be able to catch the ball at an angle, so while we can get her to come up sideways on the box, she then misses her ball. Must have something to do with having no nose. The last pic is of Fromage, one of the original INXS legends. She’s got like a million points, holds a bunch of records, and would dearly love to kick the snot out of Karma. The feeling is mutual. It just killed me how she had her ball hanging out the side of her mouth. Barely hanging on, maybe with one tooth? She did this several times that day, it was hysterical. She doesn’t drop it, but I can’t imagine how.
Some last shots of Dyson, who for a big dog, has a pretty decent box - three feet up there is pretty good considering his size. And can’t go without some shots of the amazing Karma. Love the grass flying and the shot with her mouth open, diving at the ball. All in all, a great weekend!

And last, but definitely not least, can’t forget little Jester in his official capacity of team cheerleader. It’s good work if you can get it.