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July 16, 2008

Practice Makes Perfect

Even though FBI takes a break during the summer from competing in tournaments, it doesn't mean that we stop practicing. We had practice this past Sunday at a new venue, Colonial K9 down in Stafford. This was our second time at this facility which has air conditioning, which is a must for us doggies during the Washington, DC humidity and heat. During practice, Jackie O and Po's human, Dave, took some photos of us and he was actually able to get pictures of me at the box.

Here I am heading for the box.

Here I am doing "The Mango" which is what the team has named my little pause at the box to pose for photos, etc. I would smile more but I've got this darn ball in my mouth.

Back over the jump, we put that there during practice so that I have to hit the box with all four paws. Sometimes when I get lazy, I just hit the box with my front two paws or three paws.

And back up the lane to get to Amy.

Then on the next night, Amy and I headed to Lake Accotink to a flyball class taught by one of our teammates, Terri. There were three dogs in the class and I did my first demo! As Terri was teaching the class, Amy and I practiced box turns and running on our own. Just think, a year ago, I wasn't even close to being able to do a flyball demo and now here I am showing how it's done!

Speaking of demos, my week of flyball is not over yet. Tomorrow, we are headed to a Washington Glory softball game for a team demo. The Washington Glory is the area's professional softball team and their mascot is a Golden Retriever named Gloria. We're going to be performing in between innings, I'll let everyone know how it goes!

Posted by Mango at July 16, 2008 12:42 PM

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