10/25/2023
CanAm 2023 Heads or Tails recap:
Friday - Pandora/Kindle, Tannis, Jill, Watson/Kraken
Our future looks very fast, indeed! Today, the green dogs got to play a bit of Flyball on the big stage. While Pandora and Watson shined, Kraken showed us he needs a bit more fine-tuning. Tannis and Emily Neal from Ruffin' It joined us fill out this lineup - thank you!
Carmen ball shagged for the Fur Fun Junior Handler division team and was by far the cutest sh***er out there all weekend. She loves her Flyball friends and family. Thank you, Fur Fun, for allowing her to participate. Next year, she's going to run a dog! Carmen's team placed 2nd.
Saturday -
We started off the day with a trip to the ER Vet, then Purdue. While Alena Tune and Trixie were out of commission, Andrea Gioia Tune got the privilege of running all the Tune dogs - first CanAm, too!
The "fast" Multi (Stark, Adelaide, Neville, Stella) managed to get their fastest time all weekend in the first race. While not our plan, it was amazing- almost as good as their PB! This lineup is definitely something we are going to practice more. They have so much potential.
The "dual ONYX" Multi (Heidi, Remy, Gemma, Kiwi) managed to do what they've always done - consistency. Winning 3 of their 4 races, they placed 2nd in their division. While they might be a bit older and slower, they still posted a 20 second run.
The Regular lineup (Pepsi, Google, Veggie, Jill) was seeded wrong - totally my fault - and got blown out of the water, but ran well regardless. They were as steady as they come, a rockstar group of stellar height dogs.
Warmup dogs, Tookey, Kindle, and Kaya, had a wonderful time running in the lanes. They all looked great!
Sunday -
More surprises! Losing another solid dog to a toe injury first thing in the morning, we had to juggle lineups a bit.
The "fast" Multi was completely out classed, but don't tell them that! These dogs and handlers gave it more than their best to try and squeak out as many wins as possible - surprisingly winning a few heats here and there and one race completely. They didn't make it to the finals, but gave it 110% nevertheless. Very proud!
The "dual ONYX" Multi (with the help of Pandora) made it to the Multi 3 finals, winning all of their races today. We didn't win finals - those side walls were a curse. Poor Remy! He just couldn't ignore a ball bouncing directly at him. We tried our best, laughed and had fun, and walked away a happy team. Couldn't ask for more. This is the second time this lineup made it to the CanAm finals - Reserve Champions both times. What a great lineup and so many achievements!
Tookey ran one heat today, against a Ghost team, and she Poodled her way through it, as stylish as ever!
The Regular lineup (with the help of Kindle and Stark) almost made it to finals - sadly, we lost one heat we couldn't afford to lose. We'll get there next year! I still can't believe Stark was still posting those times while double-running on Sunday!
Kindle also earned her Iron Dog at CanAm - she looks good in the lanes and we hope to see her a few more times as a perfect backup dog. The best there is!
I truly love our team. We have so much fun in the lanes. We love all our dogs - the fast ones, the crazy ones, the tiny ones, the huge ones, the fluffy ones, and the quirky ones - no matter what! We are family. We take care of each other and step up to help when and where needed. We don't fret the small details. We realize dogs are dogs and things happen.
If I forgot anything or anyone, please let me know and I update the post accordingly.
