Flyball disappointment

Well, I dragged myself out of bed at 7 am again last Sunday to go to flyball. Again, it was a disappointing day. It seems lately, the team never has all the equipment with them, etc. It used to be we had two lanes set up, so the experienced dogs could practice on one, and the new dogs on the other. Lately, we've only had one lane and one box. One time, we had one box and only 2 jumps. So Spot and Shelby each only got one turn on Sunday, which is really not worth my time of getting up early, driving 25 minutes there, then being there for 2 hours, not really doing much, then packing up and driving 25 minutes home. I know they are hosting a tournament next weekend, so they are probably wrapped up in that, but it's really not fair to me, when I'm paying them for lessons. If this continues, I'm going to have to contact another team to see if I can learn from them.

Flyball again

Well, this Sunday flyball was not so great.

Spot regressed and didn't do the turns all that well. But he is still very enthusiastic. When we first started, he would get all revved up, but not really understand how to channel it into running and getting the ball. He would get all jumpy when I would try and handle him. Now he gets it and sometimes I barely get a chance to set up before he's off on his own.

Shelby was distracted by all the other dogs. The way it is set up, they have two runs next to each other. The beginner run has fencing around it, but the other one doesn't. Shelby is small enough to jump through the holes in the fencing, which she did while a Yorkie was practicing on the other run. She actually got aggressive and was growling at the other dog, which Shelby has only done once before. It does happen every once in a while at flyball practice, so no one freaked out or anything. But Shelby couldn't really recover, so we only practiced the recall, having her chase me, which she is really good at. ;-)

We have no practice for 2 weeks, so I should be able to get in some training with retrieving the tennis ball.