Flyball..

[Spiritwind]

So yesterday I took 2 of my girls (Paris and Kelsey) to their first flyball training class... they did much better than I was expecting.. well honestly I wasn't sure what to expect from them.. but they did great!..

We started with just teaching them the jumps.. doing the jumps on a recall... which both got quickly.. but Paris just loved doing that... then they also got introduced to the flyball chute to train for the turns.. which both did well, but Kelsey especially loved doing that... Paris had a little harder time catching on to that, mainly because she is so long bodied, but eventually she started to get it...

Anyway... it was a lot of fun to work with the girls.. looking forward to next weekend with them!!..

Janna

[RobiLee]

Janna,

Flyball sounds like fun. Glad you got the chance to do that with a couple of your girls. Sounds like Paris and Kelsey really liked it. I wish we had dog things to do around here in my small city.

Give all the collies big hugs from me! Well, except for Zack..lol. I have already hugged him several times this morning . I'll let him know that one of those hugs was from you.

[Kfamr]

Sounds like you and the girls had fun!

Well, except for Zack..lol. I have already hugged him several times this morning

Come on! Someone needs to catch on here.

[RobiLee]

Come on! Someone needs to catch on here.

LOL...I dropped a hint in another thread too, Kay. I'll be a brave girl soon and start my own thread.

[Kfamr]

LOL...I dropped a hint in another thread too, Kay. I'll be a brave girl soon and start my own thread.

I know, I saw that too! You'd better before I start one.

[Taz_Zoee]

What's going on here? Did Robin get a new doggie???

[RobiLee]

What's going on here? Did Robin get a new doggie???

Yes, I did! One of Spiritwind's! I haven't announced it yet because my parents don't know yet. Yes, I'm 43 years old and still afraid of my parents will say..LOL. pathetic right?! They read PT to see if I have started any new threads. So that is why I have kept quiet about it.

Ok,that is enough I'm hogging Janna's thread. Sorry Janna!

[Taz_Zoee]

Well, good for you. Maybe someone can start a thread so you can post some pictures in it....

OH, sorry Janna. Congrats to Paris and Kelsey on the flyball successes.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Well done girls! (that covers everyone in this thread )

Pictures of all and sundry needed now

[cloverfdx]

Goodluck with the Flyball training . We might be starting training with a new club tonight, Elvis has had no Flyball in a few months so will be over excited .

[Ginger's Mom]

Congrats on the flyball. I wanted to do that with Ginger, I think she would love it. But I do not care for the trainers at the only place that offers it around here. I look forward to hearing more about your adventures.

I was wondering why we hadn't heard anything from Robin in a few days. Now I know. Need pictures of everyone please.

[BC_MoM]

Congrats on the girls doing good! But I'm confused. Chutes to train the flyball turn? I've never heard of that.

[cali]

congrats from another flyballer!

Bc_mom-flyball shoots are FOR training turns, they are basicly a board that is typcally wider then a normal box to the purpose of teaching 4 feet on the box, they are also designed to have a ball simply sit on the shoot so that the dog aso learnes to take the ball with 4 feet on the box, as opposed to have it flying everywhere as they learn and possably having them go "heeeeyyyy!! if I dont catch it I get to chase it!" lol. only some clubs actually use shoots, some only use them for certain dogs etc..

[BC_MoM]

Ah, I see. So it's a whole different kind of box.

[Spiritwind]

Here are a couple pictures I found of one online...

Though I have to say, this one appears to be much larger than the one my girls are being trained on... the one the club I am going to uses isn't much, if any, different in size than the flyball box.... and its built somewhat differently than this one that I found pics of.. but you can get the idea..

Janna