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Saturday 23 June 2012

Stagbar and Pedigree Joint Care+ update

Okay, I now have enough people to make another bulk order of Puredog Stagbars … they should be with me for next weekend.

In addition both Muttley and Benji have been trialling Pedigree Joint Care+ with some really good results. 

http://uk.pedigree.com/jointcare/

With the teams good relationship with our local pet shop (petfayre-reading.co.uk) we can get a box of 21 bars for £7 or 63 bars for £20, which is cheaper than on line or in the shops (rrp = £7.99… which is what you pay in Tesco, Sainsburys etc.)

If you want any let me know and I can bring these to the next training session.

It is also a good time to remind all members of the team, we get 10% off EVERYTHING* at Petfayre … and if you live to far away but want something let me know, i’ll pick it up and bring it to training… you can pay me then.

(* If you want something not on the website just ask !, they can get stuff for all pets, including horses !… go on, help support local business !).

Cheers,

Andy (andy@rookyracers.co.uk)

Friday 22 June 2012

Snowball Farm Points in… Movers and Shakers !

I missed this one !….

Sherry running Maya scores a massive 90 points and Maya gets FLYBALL DOG ! (that’s it Colin, you are demoted to ball collector lol !)  well done !.

Juno opens their points haul with a respectable 65 points.

Another one I missed… Darcy gets FLYBALL DOG INTERMEDIATE (I think Darcy is one of our fastest points earners to date… to get FDI after 4 races is great going… a big thanks to all Darcy’s team mates who helped contribute to this)

As predicted Summer gets FLYBALL DOG GRADUATE, Lacey gets FLYBALL DOG INTERMEDIATE, Radley gets FLYBALL DOG.  Well done all !

Looks like the next dog to pick up an award will be Sassy aiming for Flyball Dog Graduate … just need a good run at Barbury Castle next Sunday.

Just a reminder, anyone who wants to compete at Barbury on Sunday let me know, you get free entry to the Country show and Horse Trials.

AND

It is the first time ever that the Racers and Raiders are going to race each other in the same division… no pressure Chris but us Raiders are going to kick Racers butt Smile

Andy

Saturday 16 June 2012

Dogs Wanted !!!

 

We need some more dogs to race at Barbury (Should be Sunday 1st July).

Don't forget you also get free entry to the horse trials and country show !

http://www.barburyhorsetrials.co.uk/?content=spectator&id=wiltshire-county-show

Although the Racers and Raiders are entered any BFA dog is welcome !

Also,

If anyone wants to do STARTERS at Acremead (Acremead Kennels, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4EZ) let Chris or I know.

We also need to know which dogs can make this weekend for open racing (and this is the weekend we do our fete demo in Ascot if you want to take your dog to that… Chris has the details for that).

Raiders and Rebounds entered but we will run any dog that wants to race.

Cheers,

Andy@rookyracers.co.uk

Friday 8 June 2012

Points update, Acremead and Wokingham

Points have only gone up for the Racers and Raiders, we will chase the BFA for Rebounds on Sunday if they are still not up... Movers & Shakers !

  • Alfie - 4600 points, and after last weekends racing is now within licking distance of gaining Flyball Dog Advanced!
  • Summer - 2840 points, and after last weekends racing will get Flyball Dog Graduate ! (Nice going Summer !) 
  • Lacey - 940 points, and again after last weekend will make Flyball Dog Intermediate ! (Go Lacey and Shannon !). 
  • Radley - 255 points, that's it Radley, you have made the rank of Flyball Dog !, no going back to starters for you... 
Well done :-)
Andy

Saturday 2 June 2012

Snowball Farm the results

so I got it half right….

Raiders first with a new seed time of 20.05

Rebounds get…. 2nd (!)

Maya doubled her points, almost at Flyball Dog.

On on a different subject… Benji’s owner Jordan parks his car forward just a bit too far forward at Flyball training today : )

JM

Andy

Friday 1 June 2012

Andy Predicts...

... Results for Saturdays Lightening Strikes Racing Comp .... My predictions for tomorrow... assuming the Kennets declared time is optimistic... Raiders 1st and Rebounds 5th might even get 4th :-) Maya gets enough points for Flyball Dog ... Check back to see how we do, or follow us on Twitter for live updates :-)