Marcie easily earned her third flyball title today - FDCh. She ran
really well for her first 2 races (5 heats each) but race three had a
bit of a burnout and overload. Just in time to show SIONNACH that she's
still just a crazy 19 month old puppy who loses her brain sometimes.
GET *ALL* THE BALLS is her motto! She's still an amazing and great
little dog and I'm having a blast with her.

It was great to finally meet Sarah after a decade or so, and meet Brenin
and Cenau (gad - did I spell that right?). They are both very lovely
dogs. Marcie even bothered to give them a sniff - a high honor indeed!

Our tournament has had many challenges, mostly due to weather issues
(flooding rain, ankle deep and unable to tape mats until this morning,
lights not functions, etc.,) but we muddled through today and are home
in our own beds for the night and ready for another day tomorrow. We
get to do this again in just a few more weeks, so we're on a roll!

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

On Sat, 30 May 2009 19:36:53 -0400, Janet Boss
wrote:

Marcie easily earned her third flyball title today - FDCh. She ran
really well for her first 2 races (5 heats each) but race three had a
bit of a burnout and overload. Just in time to show SIONNACH that she's
still just a crazy 19 month old puppy who loses her brain sometimes.
GET *ALL* THE BALLS is her motto! She's still an amazing and great
little dog and I'm having a blast with her.

It was great to finally meet Sarah after a decade or so, and meet Brenin
and Cenau (gad - did I spell that right?). They are both very lovely
dogs. Marcie even bothered to give them a sniff - a high honor indeed!

Our tournament has had many challenges, mostly due to weather issues
(flooding rain, ankle deep and unable to tape mats until this morning,
lights not functions, etc.,) but we muddled through today and are home
in our own beds for the night and ready for another day tomorrow. We
get to do this again in just a few more weeks, so we're on a roll!


so glad it went well.

bri and I plan to be there tomorrow after we stop in Frederick so
figure on us not till around 1:30! i'll find you...
Nessa
--
trying to be the best human she can,

"Janet Boss" wrote:

Just in time to show SIONNACH that she's
still just a crazy 19 month old puppy who loses her brain sometimes.

Yabbut that was only in the middle. She did have her brane cells in line at
the beginning and end, and showed me she's got lots of drive and good
timing over the jumps.

It was great to finally meet Sarah after a decade or so, and meet Brenin
and Cenau (gad - did I spell that right?).

Yup. All speeled correctly. And it was great to finally meet in person! It
was the perfect opportunity, since the flyball tournament was only a minor
detour off of our route home from our morning agility class and play-time.

I really enjoyed watching, and learning more about the sport. Plus, in
addition to the members of your team I already knew, I ran into at least 5
other people I know from agility.

They are both very lovely dogs.

I think you're being generous in Bren's case, since he was doing his
"stupid human, give me some food", and/or his "'scuse me but I have no off
switch and I can't possibly lie down or sit when there's so much going on"
routines most of the time. :-D

Marcie even bothered to give them a sniff - a high honor indeed!

She's a sweetie. Brenin definitely liked her, which is an honor from him;
Cenau thought she was sexy. (I suspect she might have been a bit more
interested in Cen if she hadn't had her mind on More Important Stuff...
namely flyball.)

In article ,
"sionnach" wrote:


Yabbut that was only in the middle. She did have her brane cells in line at
the beginning and end, and showed me she's got lots of drive and good
timing over the jumps.

Since this was only her second tournament (she had a 3rd sorta, but only
ran 2 heats that we didn't expect to run), she's still so inexperienced,
but last time (just last weekend!) she only had to race over 7". This
time was over 11" and I had to pass a different dog for some heats. I
think that alone influenced her ability to keep her little head
straight.

We'll definitely be focusing on working on the "stray ball" issue during
the next 3 weeks before the next tournament. It's tough, because as
much as I'd like to say that we can teach her that the ONLY ball she may
have is the one from the box, the reality is that bobbles happen and
she'd need to pick up her OWN ball from the floor as well, at some point
or another. Maybe it's worth it though for those few times when that
may happen, since stray balls are a much more common occurrence. 2-3
teams lost heats to us on the basis of her snagging one of their balls
that came into OUR lane (interference). With more seasoned dogs, that
isn't a big deal. With a green dog, the judge is pretty quick to call
the other team on it.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com