Fall Tournaments!

We have all decided that flyball out west is crazy with its scheduling.  We have several times each year where there are no tournaments for 2-3 months (such as the summer), and then there is a three month period where there seems to be a tournament almost every weekend (fall)!  It is excruciating to have to make the call to not go to a tournament when we all love playing with our dogs so much.

This fall our team has had to make some really tough tournament decisions based not only on cost (entry fees, travel, hotel, etc.) and time off work, but also just to not over-work our dogs and have time to fix training issues if they come up at tournaments. 

Keeping in mind the big trip that we have planned to St. Louis in November, we also had to think about balancing that with our local fall tournament schedule.  The St. Louis trip alone will mean at least a week off from work for everyone, not to mention travel expenses.  Had we decided to forgo the championships this year, we probably could have afforded to go to a few more fall tournaments!  But we are hoping that we made some good decisions this year and that our green dogs will get some valuable racing experience this fall before heading east.

We are so excited about the big trip, especially getting to see our friends on teams that we do not get to see or race against very often!  We can't wait to see everyone!