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Saw this video when I went to a training not too long ago... it's crazy, yet so amazingly true. Check it out below.

Flyball

What is Flyball?

Flyball got its start in the late 1960's and early 1970's, when a group of dog trainers in Southern California created scent discrimination hurdle racing, then put a guy at the end to throw tennis balls to the dogs when they finished the jump line. It didn't take long for the group to decide to build some sort of tennis ball-launching apparatus, and the first flyball box was born. Herbert Wagner is credited with developing the first flyball box, and apparently he did a flyball demo on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson that got a lot of peoples attention. Subsequently, the new dog sport for dog enthusiasts was introduced in the Toronto-Detroit area by several dog training clubs. After a few small tournaments were held in conjunction with dog shows, the first ever flyball tournament was held in 1983.

Flyball races match two teams of four dogs each, racing side-by-side over a 51 foot long course. Each dog must run in relay fashion down the jumps, trigger a flyball box, releasing the ball, retrieve the ball, and return over the jumps. The next dog is released to run the course but can't cross the start/finish line until the previous dog has returned over all 4 jumps and reached the start/finish line. The first team to have all 4 dogs finish the course without error wins the heat.

Jump height is determined by the smallest dog on the team – this dog, called the "height dog", is measured at the withers, then that number is rounded down to the nearest inch and another 5" is subtracted to get the jump height (with the minimum jump height being 7"). So a 13 1/4" dog would round down to 13", minus 5", would jump 8". Maximum jump height is 14".

More information found here.



Rebecca, Jen and I are taking the dogs through the class at Aggie Pet Zone to learn how to do the competition. Last night Lee was able to go to help with Gus Gus.
Here are some videos we took. All are located on my youtube account.
(www.youtube.com/user/roofuskrys)

Bubbles

All I Wanna Say Is... They Don't Really Care About Us

First of all... a recap of my Project 365 pictures. January 16 - 26

Yes, I have two pictures for the 17th, it was a good day for photos. :)

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I still don't have my car back. Hopefully Sweetie will be home by this weekend. We have been running for months now. I requested Monday off. It was very much needed. I wish Lee could take one too. Every weekend we have been doing something. He is tackling a new semester and trying to finish up his certification too. He is kicking ass and taking names, really, he is. I'm so proud of him. I got another cyst. Hence the picture for the 18th... haha. The doctor put me on Vicodin -- finally! All is okay now, kinda over the ovarian cyst thing though. Enough is enough.

I got the Michael Jackson movie today. Jen took my on lunch. :) YAY. I love it. He is an amazing musician. He may have had an interesting life that some liked or disliked, but he was an amazing musician. You really believe in his music watching this movie, watching him perform.

Work has been incredibly hard lately. I don't really like to talk about it, nor blog about it. But it has been a bit overwhelming. I did an interview for the news station here today after the city council meeting. You can view the clip HERE. To all of you animal lovers, all we need is support.

KEYE

I'm so proud of my little sister. She was on Austin's K-EYE news this evening, featured as a trainer for Mud Puppies.

Watch the video here.

Wiener Fest 2009

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Saturday, October 17 was the 3rd Annual Wiener Fest in Bryan/College Station. It is an event put on by the animal shelter and it was my very first wiener fest event! Lee and I entered Gus into the "Wanna-Be-A-Wiener" Race. Snickers was above the weight limit -- she had to be able to fit into the dachshund box, and she didn't. :(
But Snickers got to meet a lot of different types of dogs and we plan on entering them into the costume contest next year! (When we have time to make them from scratch, rather than buying them.)

• The video of Gus racing (Click The Link)
  Our little bundle of joy
• The video of Spyder Racing (Click The Link)
  Rebecca and Rob's Italian Greyhound (adopted from the shelter!)
• The video of Cash Racing (Click The Link)
  Bobby and Ann's Min-Pin (adopted from the shelter!)
  

It was a lot of fun. We are red in the face -- literally, we are sunburned! But all in all, it was a great day. Thank you to all the Gus supporters! :)

And... now we have two tired dogs. (Salem was excited...)

Videos Galore!

Mom let me borrow her Flip Camera for a while and believe me, it is being put to good use. Pretty much the animals, but hey - they love it! :) Lee had Tuesday and Wednesday off, so we spent our nights out at the dog park. The dogs love it and we always have fun playing and laughing.


Snickers actually playing IN the water! It took us a while to get her to do it, but she does it now. She actually started rolling her head in the water to get it wet, how cute!


Gus playing/running at the park

I have tons more on my YouTube site, check it out. HERE

Gus was on TV!

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/44504922.html

WE WERE ON TV & GUS IS A CELEBRITY! :)

That is a video from the KBTX, we were on the spot for the Dog Park Opening.

Pups & Updates

Lee, Rebecca, Rob and I went to walk the dogs at the park the other day. It was a lot of fun, and I know it must have been super overwhelming to the elderly people that were walking at the park that day. I thought it was cute and funny -- 4 people with 4 dogs. :) So, I whipped out the cellie to take a few quick videos.


a quick hello to all four of the dogs


Gus and Spyder playing together at the park


Today was a half day for me. Lee and I went around the BCS area looking for rentals. Not an easy thing to do. I hate searching for a place to live, it's so draining. We found a few prospectives that weren't toooo expensive and have some appointments set up this week and weekend. Wish us luck. Also, today was the dog park opening down the street. We took Snickers & Gus and they has a blast and got some free goodies! Afterward Lee and I took Gus to his puppy class. He did well, he is really starting to get good at his commands. :) Our smart puppy. And Snickers is doing 95% better at the park, she is still the dog police, telling them when they run too fast, but is more sociable with the other dogs. :)

It's coming up so soon...

6 Days until Lee and I get married in Vegas!! :) I can't wait. I'm so excited. :) Not only will we be getting married, but we will be traveling solo together for the first time. Super stoked.

Today we hung out. Took the pups to the park. Then went to see "Observe and Report" with our friend Xavier.
Video from the park

Also, check out my youtube 'channel' for a video of Lecter (Sammie's dog) from Christmas, it's pretty funny. LINK HERE

Tonight (Easter Sunday) we are having over a few friends for a pot luck dinner. I'm excited!!

Park!

Gus going down the slide!

Today I went to a seminar for Non-Profit organizations. It was meh, boring in the morning and better after lunch.
But after the seminar, Lee and I decided to take the pups to the new dog park by the house. I had Lee handle Snickers, that way I didn't stress her out more. She did so good!! :) We kept her on the leash for a little bit so that she would get used to the environment, then we just let her go. She had a blast. Gus had fun too, although most of the dogs probably thought he was a cat or a squeeky toy that moved. LOL.

Cuteness to the MAX!

This was the cutest thing I had ever seen this morning. I was listening to a CD I made back in 2003 and "No No No" by Destiny's Child came on...this was Gus' reaction. :) Priceless.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see his little head bob back and forth. And who wouldn't awe in how cute that was? Nobody!

Me & Snicker-Doodle


I have been trying to spend as much time playing with all of the animals as possible. I want the transition of Gus into our family to be as smooth and easy as possible and so far so good. :) Salem could care less and Snickers loves to rough house with Gus. She puts him in his place, that's for sure.

LAF Video

My mom and dad sent me a video of the news coverage from the day I went with the Lance Armstrong Foundation to the capital.
:) It's pretty cool and a HUGE close up of me and my ponytail!