This year was no exception. Except that Riot also made her debut in that one. She was awesome beyond my wildest dreams. Factoring out my lousy starts, she ran 3.9s. Way passed my expectations for her first time in the racing lanes. She thrived on competition. She was flawless.
She even subbed for Grommit to save the team from scratching when he came up lame and officially entered into flyball tourney retirement.
I couldn't be more proud of the beanie baby.
As in agility at the beginning of this year, when Grommit ran his last AKC run and Riot ran her first, this last tournament Grommit passed the flyball torch onto Riot.
Grommit retired from competition with a celebration from his team mates with cake and cookies. He will be a happy dog, basking in the morning sun on the back of the couch every day, going for morning jaunts, playing happy frisbee and not having a care in the world. He has been the most amazing first dog I could have ever wished for. He has put up with all my learning steps, we've been through a lot together. He's Sir Grommit, Granpa Grommie, the sweetest gentleman ever.
Blink's team, the Hell Razers set another club record slowly chipping away fractions of seconds.
Blink had a great time as always, though sore legs and scraped feet could not slow him down and he set his own personal best time of 3.977 with a pass.
I for myself am riding on fumes, since 4 hours of sleep for 3 days straight riding on adrenaline rush only, have now caught up with me. Which is just A-OK. It means it was an awesome weekend and I wouldn't want it any other way.
The amazing flyball shots taken by Len Silvester, TTL Photo
And to add to the amusement, here's a quick video of Riot's few runs, couple singles as well as her debut in team.
2 comments:
Congratulations sounds like a great tournament :-)
Thanks, and yes, it was a blast!
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