Prestbury Park Crufts Flyball Qualifier

Well what an odd day. We went along to give the Crufts qualifier ago. We have not done one before so really just went to see how they do things as all the rules are a bit different and there is not usually much run back room. 8 Teams were entered and there was only one we didnt really want to be drawn against in the first round and that was Wimbledon. Well it was not our lucky day and we were drawn against them! We went into the ring already a bit confused. The judge had said he would allow 2 minutes to warm the dogs up the first time we go into the ring and nothing after that. I sent Cai and the next thing i know a dog from the other side crosses over and crashes into him. Now anyone who knows Cai knows this is not good news for the other dog! Well Cai was such a good boy. He just started hunting for his ball as it had be knocked out of his mouth. He then found it and returned back over the jumps with the other dog chasing him but he didnt touch it.

Crufts flyball is best of 3 and if you win the first 2 you only race 2 legs. We then ran our first leg and Wimbledon's 4th dog crossed the line first. Then in the second leg it looked like our dog crossed the line first but everyone started leaving the ring so i assumed they had been awarded that leg too. It was all very messy and confusing not like BFA at all! When we got out of the ring Wimbledon didn't look very pleased and someone said well done to us and we realise we had actually won as they crossed too early in the first leg so we won both legs outright.



After more confusion in the second round we were awarded the win there too and had qualified for Crufts 2010! The final was against a fast BFA team the Kiddy Monsters who really pushed us and although it was close they took the first two legs so we came 2nd overall which is great for our first Crufts qualifier. For a made up team that never train together we did really well and still cant believe we qualified at our first show. The dogs in the team were Cai, Loki handled by Steph (from the Swifts) Flash and Breeze with Michelle (from The Dream Team) and Magic with Kerina as reserve. Now we just have to wait till March next year and see what happens.