Re: National Flyball Championships It was lots of fun Obi will sleep all of tomorrow! We came third in our Division. Happy with that. We are all exhausted! Looking forward to a glass of wine and a good night's sleep
Re: National Flyball Championships Oh that's great! There is the champ in his ribbons! Yay! You must be so pleased, and national chamionship too! Love the paddling pool to keep them cool. [quote author=Oberon link=topic=10037.msg146700#msg146700 date=1425177799] A rare, 3D Potato Banksy!! [/quote] Wow, just wow! You see, we all knew it was special when we saw it....
Re: National Flyball Championships Omg am going to have to go back through this thread to totally take in the awesomeness of vegetables. In the meantime Obi you totally rock xxxx
Re: National Flyball Championships Obi looks so great - blue is totally his colour. WELL DONE - and thanks so much for keeping us all up to date, it's just fab to see it all. Obi looks so chilled and such a pro all the way through... And clever Lisa for spotting the Banksy installation, the art world will be agog!
Re: National Flyball Championships Well done Obi I see you touched up your eyeliner before getting your sash
Re: National Flyball Championships Oh yes, he wanted to look fresh for the prize giving We actually had another dog in our team who is very fast (a BC) but he had to pull out due to an injury. Zeke came into the team to substitute (but Zeke is not as fast). So we were a bit behind the 8 ball to start, relative to the speed we thought we could run, but the dogs all did so well and we ran faster than our best time in training. We managed 22.5 seconds, which is not going to break any records, but it's great for these dogs But most of all, it's just a lot of fun
Re: National Flyball Championships Well done to Obi and your team- what a fab weekend. Think the Rockmelon Rabbit is seriously scary!
Re: National Flyball Championships Ah, I just caught up with this. What fun! Well done Team Obi! George and Rosie rock.
Re: National Flyball Championships Just catching up too, excellent and Obi looks super handsome and smiling with his sash on, so glad you had a great weekend with a lot of fun xxxx
Re: National Flyball Championships Obi looks deservedly pleased with himself. Well done to the whole team.
Re: National Flyball Championships Have really enjoyed reading this thread! Obi you are a hero! Just love the photo in his sash Those vegetable are amazing...where so these kids get their inspiration? They are brilliant!
Re: National Flyball Championships Well done team!! Great that they had such fab times even without your speedster! I imagine those BC's are hard to beat....
Re: National Flyball Championships Thanks, everyone! Generally speaking, Kelpies and BCs are the fastest over Flyball jumps, partly because they are a light build and fast runners but also because the distabce between the jumps was set according to the stride length of a Border Collie, so they find it easier than most other breeds to take the optimum number of paces (ie, one!) between each jump
Re: National Flyball Championships So are the teams only allowed one of those breeds per team? Or are there regulations like that?
Re: National Flyball Championships Well done Obi (and Rachael!). You've inspired Harvey and he tried his first ever session of flyball today 8) He found the whole thing hugely exciting but he managed to pick it up pretty well for a beginner. I can't quite believe just how fast he is
Re: National Flyball Championships [quote author=Lisa link=topic=10037.msg146817#msg146817 date=1425240153] So are the teams only allowed one of those breeds per team? Or are there regulations like that? [/quote] No, you can have any kind of dog you like All dogs in one team can be the same breed. But the height of the jumps is set by the height of the shortest dog - this is 5 inches shorter than the shoulder height of the shortest dog, down to a minimum jump height of 7 inches. So that means if you have a 12 inch high dog your jumps will be 7 inches. A team of Border Collies would all be much taller than 12 inches, so they would all end up jumping highish jumps that would slow them down. The ideal team is made up of mostly fast, lightly built dogs of moderate height (like BCs, Kelpies) and then one or two dogs of 12-14 inches that are also pretty fast and who will bring the jump height down for the taller dogs. Little dogs are allowed to use mini tennis balls. At any competition the teams are divided up into Divisions, so you are always racing against teams that are competitive against each other. There were 10 Divisions at this comp, and we were in Div 5 (so there were at least 20 teams faster than us in higher Divisions that we weren't competing against). So it doesn't really matter at all how fast or slow your dog is - there is a team to suit every kind of dog Even in the very fastest Divisions the teams are often quite mixed in terms of their breed makeup. But one thing the really fast teams (like, world record fast) have in common is that they are short coated dogs. Long fur slows you down (too much drag). UncleBob that's great that Harvey had fun at his first Flyball session! That's what it's all about - fun
Re: National Flyball Championships Oh my goodness you should have seen me scrolling down all the lists to see if you won! Yay! What a great couple of days ,I feel like everytime I watch a video I understand a bit more,I notice everyone putting their arm out this time to indicate left or right for the ball....I think all the dogs do amazing with all the sights,sounds and smells around them,wow! Love that the little spaniel gets lifted and tucked under an arm
Re: National Flyball Championships The dogs just come to love it so much they focus entirely on doing their run and coming back to their handler for another go Obi ran a personal best of 6.5 seconds. He did that in the first race of Day 2, when he was so excited to be there for another day but still fresh. (A properly fast dog would be 4.5 seconds or under, but 6.5 isn't bad for a boy built for cuddles rather than speed )
