Goya
Well-Known Member
Thank you all for the good luck vibes for my foray into Division 1 of flyball.
My clever dog was absolutely fantastic. Our Team was seeded 6th in the division with the other teams having a seed time of nearly a second faster than us so we weren't expecting anything.
In one race, I sent Jess a little too early and got a light for crossing which meant I had to go again. Luckily for me the opposing team got a light as well. Jess was soooo obedient and came back to me so quickly that I was able to send her again, before the other team's dog so we won that leg. We also won another leg which meant 2 points from the 5 races.
There were three teams equal on 2 points for 3rd, 4th and 5th places. When this happens the rule is to sort them on fastest time so we got 4th with a fastest time of 18.29. (not bad eh for 4 dogs in a relay situation? (Mind you the winning team did it in 17point something!) Rosettes go to 4th so we came home with a Rosy.
Pointless post really but I am so pleased with Jess. I got her as a rescue dog 4 years ago and it took me 2 years to get anything near confidence and any form of trust from her.A lot of difficult patient work but we have got there now.
Anyway, thank you all.
My clever dog was absolutely fantastic. Our Team was seeded 6th in the division with the other teams having a seed time of nearly a second faster than us so we weren't expecting anything.
In one race, I sent Jess a little too early and got a light for crossing which meant I had to go again. Luckily for me the opposing team got a light as well. Jess was soooo obedient and came back to me so quickly that I was able to send her again, before the other team's dog so we won that leg. We also won another leg which meant 2 points from the 5 races.
There were three teams equal on 2 points for 3rd, 4th and 5th places. When this happens the rule is to sort them on fastest time so we got 4th with a fastest time of 18.29. (not bad eh for 4 dogs in a relay situation? (Mind you the winning team did it in 17point something!) Rosettes go to 4th so we came home with a Rosy.
Pointless post really but I am so pleased with Jess. I got her as a rescue dog 4 years ago and it took me 2 years to get anything near confidence and any form of trust from her.A lot of difficult patient work but we have got there now.
Anyway, thank you all.
