In 2008 we rescued a dog from The Blue Cross at Thirsk. A lurcher who had been picked up as a stray, her name was Penny and she was about to change my life forever.

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I had wanted a dog for as long as I could remember and Penny did not disappoint. In the house she was an absolute dream to live with. Thought to be a Collie X Saluki she was extremely clever and an absolute sweetheart. However her unknown past haunted her and she remained extremely dog aggressive with a severe dislike of men too . In fact my dad worked away at the time and when he came home he had to win her trust back each time. 

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After a couple of years I found a flyball team willing to let us join them. Penny was a natural and she did 3 training sessions before the team asked us to join them at a local show. She raced in their starters team, open team and Multibreed team in one weekend , came home with three 1st places and we were hooked. That was the beginning of our dog sports journey. Soon after we joined a local agility club and were quickly training 2 evenings a week and competing at every opportunity across both sports. We have been very lucky to compete all over the UK and even in Europe. In February 2021 at the grand age of 16 Penny crossed rainbow bridge. She may not be here anymore but she's the reason i'm a full time dog trainer and many of my customers have become great friends.

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Now my dog family consists of 3 lurchers; Mouse, Kamikaze and Graffiti, 2 working cocker spaniels; Juma and Bundu and a whippet called Kodiak. All 6 compete in flyball and one or two dabble in a little agility on the side.

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SHARKS FLYBALL - KNARESBOROUGH

In April 2024 I formed a new flyball team called Sharks and we have had a brilliant first two years of competing, qualifying for Crufts 2025 and 2026 and winning the British Flyball Association Outdoor AND Indoor champions 2024 for the first time in flyball history and winning the BFA Outdoor title for a second time in 2025. We have also been selected to represent Team GB at the World Flyball Championships 2026. If you're interested in giving flyball a go get in touch and get started with K9Fun 07817 468575.

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K9 FUN at CRUFTS FLYBALL

In 2019 I had my first opportunity to compete at Crufts. Mouse and I joined team FOCUS where we had a fabulous week and after competing in probably the closest final ever we were thrilled to come in second place after some extremely tight racing. In 2020  we again got the opportunity to grace the green carpet and this time we managed the extra step winning and gaining the title of Crufts Flyball Champions 2020 (Click Here to Watch it.) We were very lucky to do this especially just a few days before Coronavirus caused a worldwide lockdown.  2022 saw us grace the green carpet for the 3rd time ( Crufts 2021 was cancelled ) it was a close final but we came in second to the brilliant roadrunners team. 2023, 2024 and 2025 we competed at Crufts but didn't manage to make the finals on these occasions.

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We are back at Crufts in 2026 this time as Sharks and hoping to progress through the competition