Rio Rancho Tournament

Well, the dogs did well.

We were at a tournament in Rio Rancho, a town adjacent to Albuquerque. Spoiled One was running a vet's team the second day, and he did well. I don't think he broke any speed records, but he ran over the jumps, got the ball, and ran back. They were warned about the inflatodog trick, so they ran him in anchor. That dog wore me out. He's 60 lbs of very loud enthusiasm.

Weasel lived up to her sneaky little nickname. She was nearly a full second faster than we were anticipating from her performance in practice. She got to run on the team for one race on Saturday, and made us break out. Twice. So she was banned to her crate, until the second day when one of the dogs was pulled. It worked out with no more breakouts, though it was a close call.

Squeaky toys were awarded and will be disposed of with typical doggie enthusiasm.

WOW! The tournament seems to fired Weasel up!

Wow! The tournament last weekend seems to have lit a fire under my Weasel. She did very well at practice. No screwing around. No lollygagging. She just wanted to line up and go, like a wind-up toy. It was cool! Hope it lasts. . .



Of course, the idol dog wasn't there. She's with her owner up in California playing with puppies. Things may change when she gets back.



I'm going to have to do more box turn work. Weasel's slipping a bit, but I think she's "got it," and now thinks of flyball as her job, which is great.



My Spoiled One was a good boy at practice. He jumped the jumps and did the deed. I doubt he'll every be 100% reliable, but he's loved.



I saw a little Jack Russel/Rat Terrier at Pet something (Animal Humane Society has a station there and they bring out a few cats and a dog every weekend to try to adopt them out. He was a nice little dog - responsive, friendly, non-viscious. It looked like he had good structure for jumping, nice angulation, leggy, athletic. I wanted to bring him home so we could have a height dog, but I am trying to convince myself that I have my hands full with Weasel and Spoiled One. Sigh. I never want to get a dog just for flyball. What if it poops out? What if it gets injured and can't run? What if it's scared of tennis balls? But, it was a cute little dog. And nice. And his excessive energy would be treasured, not a problem. It could be a very good match. A little height dog would make competing in NAFA much easier on the dogs. He's a year and a month, so he's the perfect age to start. . . (shut up evil tempting voices)



Anyway, the picture above is a design from my cafe press store. The design features my mother's little scottie dog, who she rescued from the SPCA in California. He went through such a dramatic change, going from a droopy, stinky ball of hair to a perky little general with a scottie skip to his step. It was neat.