It's been such a great joy to meet and broaden our flyball perspective and learn about all the great things going on in the flyball community.
Looking back, we've been able to progress our flyball pack and closed some chapters for the dogs that are enjoying other relaxing activities. Cody, our first flyball labrador, earned his ONYX after a rough start to the season and sat out for a few months due to his oral surgery. BUT with the team's help and working with other clubs, he's completed his goal title and will now be retired from Flyball. Bailey remains the semi retired show labrador and will spend his time helping the club's green dogs where he can. Paceman is gaining confidence with himself and has taken on daily runs with daddy for fun. We'll bring him back into the ring once he gets a bit older and if he shows that he wants to do it...
Camden and Cooper have made huge progress this year and are working on stabilizing their efforts for competition. Camden has a nice box turn and is able to do full runs, but we're still working on getting her ready for competition and dealing with some related ball obsession issues in the run back. I'm confident we will get there...
BUT my biggest achievement this year was getting Cooper back into the ring with the proper support to achieve his goals and runs. We've worked so hard together to overcome the bad initial training he had, and as the height dog for the team, its taken a good year to get him back to a safe, proper box turn. During all this time, he gained confidence, worked on his passing, and earned his ONYX this year. Here are some pics of his progress in fixing his box turn with the help of everyone at Pacific Pups and flyball coaches from Canada and Alaska... Thanks all for your help; he would not be here without all the advice and support! It took us a good year, but we got there...
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