dlmckay Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 This is my young dog Raven winning a Beginners heat at flygility - hope you like! She got a runner's up position at the end of the event - very pleased! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scope Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 (edited) awesome vid!! & congrats on the placing wish my dogs could do that... lol edit: aaargggh the emoticons strike again! Edited March 11, 2006 by Scope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2tollers Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 That was geat. I wonder if it's going to take off in Aus? Hope so. Congatulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LittlePixie Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Coooooooooooooool!! *adds Flygility to the list of things she wants to do with Kaeleigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 sounds good might even keep it fresh for some flyball dogs..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusky Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 well done to you both and thanks for the link, I loved it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supermum Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Fantastic! Thanks heaps! Will bring flygility to the attention of the rest of my club today! We LOVE flyball, so this will be another thing we can try. Thanks so much and your dog looks fantastic! Congratulations!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossumCorner Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Raven at Reparoa Flygility winning a Beginners heat ..... Looks great, I misunderstood flygility, I thought they had to do an agility course then a flyball run separately. (Bit like a triatholon with separate swim-ride-run sections). This makes much more sense now. Is anyone in Australia doing it?? Is the course much longer - it looks like double length between obstacles, not single-stride. And looks like something dogs would love, especially the agility dogs that are obsessed with tunnels but don't enjoy the higher obstacles like walks and see-saw. Thanks that's a good link and congrats to you and Raven - she looks very keen and reliable. Do you have any video (or stills) of other dogs running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatevah Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Was the dog actually retrieving the ball from the flyball box? I couldn't see that far in the video. At k9Company at Lilydale, we will do flygility if we get interested people as we have all the equipment, I think Bellarine does it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 ooh would be worth the trip to bellarine if they do!!! if they come for ballarat trial i will have to ask!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlmckay Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Glad you all like it! This is just a very basic course, other agility equipment gets used including six weave wands and a very low a-frame ramp (only raised about 1foot off the ground) and the courses also bend as the dog progesses in ability. The gaps between the obstacles vary, the only static distance is the five paces between the box and the first fly hurdle, otherwise it can be one stride to two strides between obstacles. The course is generally 15m in length, so the dog runs 30m in total. Raven did retrieve the ball from the box - the video is from a digital stills camera, not a camcorder, so no zoom. I'll see if I can get some video of our training nights if you like and show you my older dog, Tui, doing a course with a bend in. Now that I know how to do the techno wizardry, I'll fill you in a little more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrsdog Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 That is just wonderful. Thanks for showing us the video. I haven't been doing flyball for long and am really hooked, so this would be an extension - the sky's the limit eh? Will look out for more videos when you have time. Once again, thanks a lot. Noels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJack Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 sounds good might even keep it fresh for some flyball dogs..... It certainly would. We had a training session this morning and just for a change (trying to build up dog's fitness levels) we set up a row of 8 jumps (instead of the usual 4) and put the tunnel at the end. They loved it. Turned straight around and ran back through the tunnel again. I hope someone starts doing flygility in Sydney. Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 wonder if itis worth asking around atnext flyball comp if there are any people interested in trying it... maybe if we have a fun day it would be interesting to put on LOL there seems to bea bit of rivalry between our agility ppl and our flyball so could get interesting LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lablover Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Great. Raven looks like he is having a ball!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Panther Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Wowo, I wish my dogs were ball crazy and could do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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