Underdogs Flyball Tournament

Well today was our first tournament as the Power Paws Flyball Team. 5 of us went over to Paddock wood to the Underdogs starters Tournament. We were in Division 2 and seeded 2nd which means we submitted the second fastest time in that division so were under a lot of pressure to do well although none of us expected to as i was the only person who had ever been to a show let alone competed in flyball before! The other team members had never even seen how the lights work at the start and as i cant go first with Cai they had to learn pretty quickly! The first few heats were very messy as we were all terrified but the adrenalin soon kicked in and everyone started to get very competitive.

All the dogs were stars and behaved really well, except when another teams dog ran into our side and grabbed the timers cake and ran off with it spreading crumbs all along out lane. Then it was just too tempting to stop and have a sniff and see if there was any crumbs left! Cai was amazing and went like a rocket and quite a few times he had to really run to overtake the last dog in the other team but he did us proud and managed it most of the time and only once did he try to get into the other side. He really is a dog in a million and im so proud of how far he has come. I really hope he copes in open competition as he has come so far in the last few years and i would love to get some of his flyball titles.

Running in the team was Sky, Barney, Angel, Bob & Cai. We did a best time of 26 seconds which is still very slow but fantastic for us and that's with only one collie in the team! We won 4 out of 6 heats but didn't have a clue how the other teams had done so didn't know where we had come. Although we knew it wasn't last, and that had been our only goal that day... not to come last! We went to prize giving and could not believe it when we came second. It was a fantastic day and i think everyone is now officially hooked.