July 19 - Dog Days of Scugog

The TNT boys head to Port Perry ON to compete in the Skyhoundz Disc Trial. Rick rocked with both Ripley and Baxter in the Distance and Accuracy class tying each other for 1st place! The boys had to do a tie-breaker where they had 1 chance to catch the longest throw. Ripley was first and had a beautiful catch just over the 40 yard line. Baxter was next and Rick let that disc rip, it was going great with Baxter tracking it perfect but then with the help of a soft wind, it went over the 60 yard mark and the fence!! Poor Baxter didn't get a chance to try and catch the disc.

So Ripley took home a beautiful gold medal and Baxter the silver. Pretty good being 1st and 2nd though out of a huge field of dogs.

Ripley also tried his paw in an official Dock Dogs competition. In the first wave he came in 4th place and earns his first Novice Q with a jump of 8'4". In the second wave he was pretty tired and had one bad throw of his toy from me so had a jump just under 6'. He came away with another Novice Q though, so overall he had a blast and did quite well for his first time. We will definitely look for more opportunities to play this game :)

OTEA Student Martin & Zipper also compete in the Skyhoundz Disc trial. This is their first disc trial and he does great! This is going to be another great disc dog :)