"Tank"

It was a very good practice. Eric and Lee were first timers coming to flyball practice and had a few good beginners sessions. I worked on doing turns with Zio initially without the ball and he was good from 25 ft away. We did a few more with the ball and then let him rest for a bit.

I did a few recalls with Maverick and he did very good for the first time out. He had excellent stride over the jumps and good tug play. I tried again later in the practice, but there were other dogs out and too many distractions. I decided he had enough and put him back in his crate.

Zio ran with the team later in the practice and was really tugging hard, but his turns were sloppy, three legged attempts. I took him up and had him redo turns a few times. Burst is still diving out of the lane, but did better later... so only time will tell if she is able to pass any dog bigger than a terrier. Zio had a scary moment with Scout. I let Zio go too soon and they both got to the first/last jump at the same time. Scout tried to move over a little and hit the stanchion as they sideswiped each other. Zio was knocked off stride and crashed into the third jump and broke the jump board. He earned the nickname "Tank" by continuing on, doing his turn, and coming back to tug. Both dogs were okay and were ready for another run after we replaced the broken jump. Whew!