Flyball Practice!

[Ginger's Mom]

I think shepgirl was complimenting Jersey by saying she was practically flying over the jumps. And the poor girl comment was said tongue in cheek, like jokingly saying poor misunderstood pup.

In any case, she really is zooming and seems to be enjoying herself. I have a question, Jess. You are holding her back legs at the beginning of the runs. Is that to prevent her from taking off early, or is that to set in a certain position for the run?

[BC_MoM]

Some hold under the belly, some hold by the collar... it's because once your dog knows it's a game and a race, as soon as they hear "ready, ready, go" they go.. and when you are running with a team you have to wait your turn. It's just a restrain and in someways gets your dog pumped up more because he/she wants get outta there.

I hold Jersey by the legs usually, and hold them out from her body because it really helps to pump (you can see her tense up just before I release her) her up.

[Jessika]

Awww I want to do something like this with Jamie so bad but right now I REALLY don't have the time, maybe if they had Saturday classes or something nearby I could though, hmm...

BTW I really like your "informative" videos! Make more for training

[lute]

Way to go Jersey! I love flyball. It's such a fun sport to watch. I've only seen it once in person.

[BC_MoM]

Awww I want to do something like this with Jamie so bad but right now I REALLY don't have the time, maybe if they had Saturday classes or something nearby I could though, hmm...

BTW I really like your "informative" videos! Make more for training

We have 8pm-10pm Sunday classes, lol.

Way to go Jersey! I love flyball. It's such a fun sport to watch. I've only seen it once in person.

I've seen none in person, and my first tournament is at the end of the month in Calgary. Jersey isn't ready, so I am running Muna, a friend's dog. I LOVE her:

[NicoleLJ]

Wow she is flying. THose borders and jacks really know how to take flight. If anyone wants to See Sheena doing her flyball stuff here is her page:

http://giftofgracekennels.com/id28.html

Those were taken from two years ago. Her best time was 5.4 seconds. With Sheena luckily it doesn't matter which way I hold her she knows her job. Which is good because half the time I don't. Last practice the team had me letting her go from the side in stead of moving to the center as I normally would. They wanted to see if she would still know to move to the center, pass the other dog and do her routine, She did, The reason for this is for when I phase out and forget to get her ready, Then on of my team mates can just say go and I let her go, Sheena knows the rest. I thought it was a perfect solution to the problem.

Sorry for taking over yout thread, I am just a flyball nut. Keep those stories coming,
Nicole

[BC_MoM]

I'm a flyball nut too! I don't mind.

Sounds like Sheena loves what she does there. I'd love to see a vid of her doing it!