Took Cai to flyball today! what a fantastic day.... we trained at the Shooting Stars flyball club in Folkstone and what a great bunch they are. I really enjoyed my time there and cant wait to go back.... even though it took me an hour to get there!
Cai took to it like a duck to water this will definitely be the sport for him... he has already learnt to take a tennis ball off the shoot ( a very basic flyball box covered in velcro) and to return to me over the four jumps. He was very keen and jumped really well and was surprisingly calm.
I also did some socialisation with him as the other people were happy to feed him treats and allow him to sniff there dogs. He did relax a lot but i don't think he will ever except other dogs fully. Luckily he is very focused so will ignore everything around him when he has a task to do so actually competing with him shouldn't be a problem.
I took Campbell along for the ride but thought it would be a great chance to get him used to being round large groups of dogs so took him out of the car. He was a star and got lots of cuddles off everyone and was great with the other dogs..... he really enjoyed watching the teams racing at the end and was barking away happily so maybe he will be keen to learn once he gets a bit older. I didn't think he would be any good as he doesn't really play with toys but the trainers seem to think that will change when he realises how much fun it is, so we will give it a go and see how he goes.
Things are getting exciting now. Its great to see them developing into young dogs and finding out how different there personalities are... each have there own qualities and should excel and different things.
