03/20/2026
We are so incredibly proud of one of our Expo Trainers, Nanci Miller and her team.
The Expo takes great pride in offering some of the best trainers in the United States.
Nanci's dedication has been recognized by K9 Frisbee Worldwide League.
Please read what they had to say:
Bo Flies on the Spring 2026 Season Patch
WEEK 1 BEGINS APRIL 17 – START A LEAGUE CLUB TODAY!
Bo, a border collie owned by Nanci, Rich, and Alli Miller, is not easily categorized. In the K9 Frisbee Worldwide League, he is one of thousands of dogs who line up each week to chase a flying disc across a 50-yard field. But outside of League nights, Bo’s world is far broader, and far more demanding.
Since debuting in the Summer Down Under 2022 Season, Bo has quietly built a résumé that spans nearly every major dog sport. Dock diving. Agility. Barn hunt. Scent work. Lure coursing. Disc. Not as a dabbler, but as a contender.
By 2025, he was making finals at the North American Diving Dogs Nationals. In regional competition, he claimed first place in Air Retrieve in the junior division. By early 2026, he was earning qualifying scores and top placements in Master-level Barn Hunt competition. And in 2024, on the League’s own stage, he finished 4th in the world at the Bainbridge Regional of the Worldwide Championship.
This is what a “multi-sport dog” looks like when the phrase is taken seriously.
But Bo’s story, like most good ones in this sport, cannot be separated from the human at the other end of the leash.
The Architect Behind the Dog
Nanci Miller did not set out to build a facility, or a club, or a reputation. She started, as many do, with her own dogs.
More than two decades later, that self-directed journey has become Splashdown Dog Sports in Bainbridge, New York, a training ground, a competition venue, and, increasingly, a community hub. Nanci is not just a trainer. She is an educator in the fullest sense of the word, with more than 30 years of experience teaching humans how to learn, and dogs how to understand.
Her credentials read like a map of the modern dog sport landscape: North American Diving Dogs judge, AKC evaluator, UpDog judge. Her curriculum spans everything from puppy foundations to advanced disciplines -- distance diving, hydrodash, agility, rally, scent work. But credentials only tell part of the story.
What sets Nanci apart is her ability to translate complexity into clarity. To break down a behavior -- not just for the dog, but for the person holding the leash. That dual focus shows up everywhere: in the way beginners describe feeling welcomed, in the consistency of her teams across sports, and in the quiet confidence of the dogs she trains.
Reviews of Splashdown don’t talk first about ribbons or rankings. They talk about atmosphere. About patience. About the moment when a handler begins to see their dog differently.
That is not accidental.
Building Something That Lasts
When Nanci founded the Bainbridge K9 Frisbee League Club in June 2021, it was one more extension of that philosophy: create a place where people and dogs can learn together, compete together, and improve together.
Thirty-two seasons later, she is still the Club Captain.
In a League built on weekly repetition and long seasons, that kind of consistency matters. Clubs come and go. Leadership turns over. But in Bainbridge, there has been a throughline -- steady, deliberate, and community-first.
Bo has been part of that story for 28 of those seasons. Not just as a competitor, but as a visible example of what’s possible when training, opportunity, and enthusiasm intersect.
He runs agility courses one weekend, launches off a dock the next, hunts rats in a barn the next, and then, on a weeknight, returns to the simplicity of Toss & Fetch—sixty seconds, one disc, one dog, one handler.
A Memorable Patch to Tell a Story
Season patches in the League have always been more than decoration. They are markers of time, but also of stories of the people and dogs who define what the League actually is.
Honoring Bo is, on the surface, an easy decision. His accomplishments span disciplines, his consistency is undeniable, and his presence in the League is well established.
But the deeper reason lies with Nanci.
Because Bo is not an outlier in her world, he is a product of it.
He represents the outcome of a philosophy that prioritizes learning over shortcuts, community over ego, and the long arc of development over quick wins. He is the visible result of years of work that most people never see: the early mornings, the repeated drills, the incremental progress that only reveals itself over seasons, not weeks.
And in Bainbridge, that philosophy has scaled. From one trainer and her dogs to a full club, a facility, and a network of handlers who now carry that same approach into their own work.
In that sense, the Spring 2026 Season Patch is not just about Bo.
It is about what happens when someone commits -- not just to winning, but to building. When a dog becomes more than a competitor, and a club becomes more than a place to play and socialize.
And the kind of partnership -- human and canine -- that keeps showing up, season after season.
🥏 Spring 2026 Season is Almost Here 🌎🐾
Another five weeks of fur-flying fun is right around the corner as the Spring 2026 Season of the K9 Frisbee Worldwide League kicks off on Friday, April 17.
A Global Game Played Locally
More than 150 Clubs around the world are expected to take the field this season bringing together thousands of handlers and dogs for weekly League play.
• Chances are, there’s a League Club near you
• And if there isn’t . . . there should be
👉 If you’ve got a few friends, some dog-safe discs, and a field, you’ve got everything you need. Reach out and we’ll help you start a Club anywhere in the world.
The Format: Simple, Fast, Addictive
This Spring we’re playing the 60:/All format, the most accessible and fast-paced version of League play:
• Each Team throws two 60-second rounds per week
• Every catch counts
• Played once a week for five weeks
• Designed for beginners to jump in and experienced Teams to chase big scores . . . and maybe a ticket to Chattanooga.
Introducing the Skyhoundz Series (Optional)
This Spring also marks the launch of something new:
The Skyhoundz® Series integration into League play.
For Clubs who choose to participate:
• Clubs register with Skyhoundz and play under official Distance/Accuracy-style rules
• Teams use Hyperflite competition discs (the Skyhoundz standard)
• Weekly League play can now connect directly to the Skyhoundz competition pathway
• It creates a bridge from weeknight League play to the Skyhoundz World Championship in Chattanooga
For everyone else?
👉 Nothing changes. Same League. Same format. Same fun.
Whether you’re chasing a personal best, a Club title, or just a few great throws at sunset, find a K9 Frisbee League Club near you.
🥏 Week 1 starts April 17
Get your discs ordered. Get your team ready. Get your Club organized.
Or contact us today to start a new Club and get in the game!
