A while ago I posted about my favorite dog water bowls… and I was so upset when my aquabowl was left on the stove when the oven was turned on, and a hole was melted in it! I was devastated! Okay maybe not devastated but I was pretty darn sad. I mean, it’s only a thing… but still, it was a very important thing! So off I went to the internet to find out how to get a replacement. And… Continue reading
Training for multiple dog sports is a challenge. Right now I’m going through an issue with training Jet for both Flyball and Agility. It’s not the training that concerns me, it’s the reward. Tug or Ball? First of all, there’s prey drive and there’s fight drive. Fight drive is when a dog is tugging and growling at you. Prey drive is when they are chasing something that is moving. Jet is higher in Prey than he is in Fight. Which… Continue reading
Chase Resting
Well, my goofy Border Collie boy, Chase, got a new U-FLI flyball title last weekend. He reached is 9,500 points mark and now he has his Top Flight Premier Title. Woo! This is much happier to think about than Angel, like my last post… however, thinking of Angel kinda makes me happy too, since I am so grateful she was part of my life. Dang there’s those darn tears again.
So anyway Chase loves flyball. He even held a Stand Stay in the lanes when I had to go talk to the box loader. LOL he’s a goof. It was hard for him and I didn’t make him wait long. Flyball is Chase’s favorite sport by far. Not much thinking, just flat our running in super high drive. I don’t think he’d do very well in medical assistant school even though he’s a Border Collie and is probably smart enough for it. 
So flyball was fun. The weekend of the 24-27th we’ll be in Grand Junction, Colorado, for the DOCNA agility championships. That’ll be fun too. Then in October we are going to the Jumps N Jackpots Flyball Tournament held by Touch N Go. That will also be fun. No obedience for a while, much to Chase’s happiness!
Took Jet out in the rain (it was just drizzling lol) and got some video of him doing the hop over the prop for flyball, and the contacts on the little contact trainer I have. I think he’s got some good foundation work, just gotta make it more solid.
First the flyball. The idea is for him to hop over and back with all four feet. That’s the start of the swimmer’s turn:
Then we did a little bit of the contact trainer. I need to fix the chain as it’s not as solid as it used to be. I’m training the 2o2o (two on two off) for the A-Frame and the Dog Walk with him. The teeter will be a four on, because he’s small and I don’t want him to get flipped off the teeter. We started this on the flat board, and now we are moving to the contact trainer before we move to the full height A-Frame.
So there ya go! 
I’ll be working these much more over the spring and summer!
We had a great time at flyball last weekend… I haven’t posted since then because I’ve been sick, and tired… but mostly sick. And my MacBook is also sick so I don’t have any pictures to post. Bleh.
Chase’s team did really well. On Saturday they placed third. And on Sunday they placed first first in their division. It was fun to race again. Chase loves it, and can just let loose and have a good time. Chase did really well. He was start dog and his times held pretty consistent at 4.5 and 4.7 seconds. Pretty good for my boy.
He sure doesn’t need any life insurance when he goes on his flyball trips he goes so fast! He has fun and so do I and I’m glad it went so well.
So this weekend Chase and I are off to do some flyball. I’ll be taking Jet with too, just for fun. Levi will want to go, but I’m driving with my flyball captain and so there’s no room for anyone but Chase and Jet. I hope the weather is okay for the drive down. I’m still a bit freaky about driving in snowy wet conditions… two rollovers on the freeway will do that to a person. But I’m better than I was, so hopefully everything will go okay.
It’s in Hurricane, Utah. Maybe while I’m down there I’ll find a mothers day gift. I should really start looking for something now. I won’t have much time on Saturday or Sunday though. There’s 96 races on Saturday and 76some odd on Sunday. So the days will be busy and packed. It’ll be fun though.
I actually haven’t traveled for some months now, to a dog sport, so I won’t mind going. And April I have no dog sports at all on the weekends! I’m excited for that, since I want to do some yard work!
Big Eyes
So I took Jet to a Bark in the Park today. It was fun… lots of dogs. Nice thing about him is I can just hand him off to a trusted friend or relative and they can walk him around and he’s great. I can’t do that with Chase, since Chase doesn’t get along with other dogs at all. But Chase got to do the flyball demo and he likes that better anyway.
I also took Chase (who raced, of course) and Levi. Levi barked a lot, which is not unusual, he should work for call center services where he can talk all day long. I have been trying to get Levi out more so he feels better and knows that I still love him. I’ll do some ASCA agility with him at the end of October, I think he’ll like that. Maybe we’ll even try a standard course that has weaves! Why not!
So now we are tired, and I need a nap, and all the dogs are napping, so it’s time for me to nap too.
Well, we had another great flyball weekend. I’m still recovering… since I have Candida, most likely have Lyme, and my Mono might still be lingering, I have a hard time recovering myself. The dogs bounce right back, of course.
I took Chase, Levi and Jet. Chase was the only racer. Levi came because he’s been grumpy lately because he used to be my main travel dog and now he’s not. And Jet… well, he’s just fun to bring with he’s so happy all the time!
So now I have next weekend off, for some training. It’s getting cooler too, so we need to get stocked up on furnace filters for the upcoming winter.
The following weekend I’m going to Pocatello ID for some AKC agility. That should be fun too.
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