Disc Dog 2008 Starts

Danny Here:

The disc dog season has kicked off for 2008 and Team "Egg"streme is off to a pretty good start. There has been a new member added to the team, Potter! Normally 3 is a crowd, but that doesn't seem to be the case.



We have competed at 3 competitions this year. They were in Cincinnati, OH; Waterford, MI; and Kokomo, IN. So we are getting around!

At the first competition in Cincinnati, it was me and the pooches. We traveled on a Friday night part way to Cincinnati, and then slept in the van at a rest stop, got up the next morning and went to the competition. It makes it sort of an adventure doing it like that. That day was pretty fun, we pulled in a first place in freestyle (that is Guinan and I), and Potter made one catch in distance, which I thought was a BIG accomplishment, since he seemed to think the judges were more fun than the disc.

The second competition was in Waterford, MI. Which is not to far from Battle Creek, MI, where Jamie's parents live, so Jamie's dad went with me to the competition and threw to Potter and Guinan in the distance category.



In the novice category Jim got 3rd place (with Guinan), which excited him quite a bit.



At this competition Guinan and I took first place in Freestyle and in Distance. Here is a video of one of our routines.



At this same competition Potter did not catch any throws in distance, but did play freestyle a bit, here is Potter's attempt at freestyle.



The third competition was this past weekend in Kokomo, IN. It was a 2 day competition, but with Jamie being pregnant and due in a week I decided to only go for one day if she was feeling good. So Sunday morning very early, Guinan, Potter, my dad, and I headed to Kokomo. My dad competed with Potter and Guinan in distance.



Potter didn't catch any distance throws for my dad, but he did catch one for me. The crazy thing is that he catches 5 out of 6 distance throws in our back yard!

Guinan and I competed in Freestyle and Distance on Sunday against about 75 competitors total.



We managed to pull out first place in both Freestyle and Distance.

So over all Guinan is off to an EXCELLENT start this year, and Potter is having fun!