Flyball Championships

Here we come.....................Go Bi-State Performance Dogs................all my OCD has stopped this week. No more exercise for the JDawg. Rest, massage, and good food.....................come on Juice and show me what you are made of baby girl..........................

No more 3 stride work

Well, I finally gave that up. WOO HOO it was way past time. I went to a tourney months ago and had fun. She didn't give me a 3.9 until the last race of the day on a Sunday. Well maybe it was I didn't pass really tight until the last race of the day. Whatever................

We will be going to a tournament this weekend and I don't care about the 3 strides but I would like many 3.9's. See is a great dog no matter what she does. She gives it her all plus a little bit more.

3 stride work

During flyball class I used Juice as a distraction for another dog. I didn't have a team box so we played flybox instead. She took 3 strides each time. Whenever I practice with her I will keep using the slat with or without the ball.

3 stride regulator

Juice practiced flyball a couple of times yesterday. Once behind 2 jumps when Linda ran her and then again behind 4 jumps with Angie. Each time she had 3 strides because I had a stride regulator on the floor to help her. Out at WOOF the floors are black and I used a black yardstick. It worked! At least I am keeping myself happy. :)))

Hmmmmm

I have really been thinking about flyball a lot lately and it doesn't have the same feel as it used too. I was quite frustrated last season with the 2 stride issue at the end. I was also frustrated on a regular basis with the way the warm ups seemed to go. We are so small as a club to have a consistant pass caller. I need that. Otherwise it isn't fun because I can't get as tight as I want and I don't see 3.9's. The lack of communication and so many people thinking about themselves and not others seemed to get to me. I don't know but it isn't feeling like fun right now and agility is just me and my dog. We will see................it still isn't flyball season yet but I can see spending money on agility might be more worth my while.

Stride Regulator

The stride regulator was too small and she did not respect it. I have a slat I used at 3/4 the normal length and she took 3 with it. I will slowly make it less and less. Next time I will use 1/2 a slat and she what she puts down.

Friday Night Practice

I am looking forward to practice tonight. I have shortened the stride regulator and will see if Juice still respects it. I will continue working with a stride regulator and will see what happens at her first flyball tournament. I have said that I will accept whatever I get BUT whenever I think about going and her taking 2 strides I know I am not going to be happy. I am not excited about flyball right now but maybe as the spring comes I will want to go. Right now flyball is taking a 2nd place to learning agility. I can stay home and practice agility while my friends tear up the flyball mats.

Maybe later, we will see.

Stride Regulator

I ran Juice up against Isis at practice last weekend using her "stride regulator". With it in she put in her 3 strides every single time. I wish I could get that regularly. Her box was good since I had a cone in and a wide out board. I will work to fade it over the next couple of months. I won't be going to a tournament for some time.

Linda, Denise, and I ran Isis, Mija, and Juice for orientation at Woof last weekend. I didn't like Juice's box. Then I remembered she hasn't been doing flyball from a distance in quite awhile and I have not been doing any box work at home. So before she runs a tourney I will have to run her at full speed from 35 feet with props consistantly to get the good box back.

Stay tuned..............

Should be going to practice tonight

It is 5:45 pm on Friday night and I am still at school. I should go to class but I am going to stay home instead. Flyball isn't as much fun anymore because I can't accept two strides and I am tired of trying to get them. I might not play as much this season because I don't want to spend my time frustrated. It isn't fun this way.

Let's see how I feel next week.