Hey All,

My furry kids, are all working dogs, but we compete mostly in DiscDog.
I will be posting DiscDog events in both the US and Europe, throughout the year.
I plan on making a couple events in europe this year. All my family is in Scotland and Ireland, and discdog is as good excues as any, to head across the pond and pay a visit.

Christopher

ok ur gonna have to explain this one for me...

whats disc dog?

Teresa,

Simply put... Have you seen the dogs that catch a frisbee? That's discdog. The name discdog is used to eliminate a copyright conflict with wham-o, the maker of frisbee. In Discdog, we have many events such as: Distance and Accuracy, Freestyle, Distance, time-trial, "HotZone".

Check out the following websites:
Skyhoundz.com
USDDN.com (United State Disc Dog Nationals)
IDDHA.com (International Disc Dog Handlers Asociation)

There are other websites, just do a Google or Yahoo search.

Christopher

hahha ooo ok... never expected it to be that! doh. obviouslt aint got my brain cell plugged in today

our jak won the frisbee world record attempt at supadogs, unfortunatley didnt get the world record.....still waiting to hear if its a british one tho, was quite cool being on the news!

You should check out the "Quadraped" here in the states. Unfortunately there will only be one event here, in 2006. The top distance competitors will take part. Here is the website http://www.thequadruped.com/.

Christopher

watched it on the tv the other day it was brilliant and so was the dock jumping we should have more event like that here,
just thought proberly do but i don't get to hear about them ;)
carol

i watched the dock jumping on sky sports something the other day too it looked fantastic fun


T i asked someone about disk dogs on the old forum and they posted a link which had loads of videos on it - they were fantastic to watch

and do u have that linky?

DiscDog Video Links:

http://www.k9athlete.com/
http://www.k9air.com/
http://www.netlabs.net/demo/video/
http://www.k9disc.com/talk/ - multimedia, discussion group -

There are others and as soon as I get my website up and going, I will post some video of my own.

Christopher

I love to see dogs doing this sort of thing, they do
look very happy but i wonder about all the twisting
and turning in the air, do many injuries occure from
this type sport.
We get injuries from agility but they don't twist their
bodies as much as the disc/dogs.

Sue,

I have never had a dog injured, while practicing or competeing in DiscDog. Not to say it doesn't happen, in discdog. I have a greater concern about my furry kids, when they are working cattle or horses. Sakura and Bug, move bulls, and have had their share of minor injuries, related to work. Copper, my horse dog, has was kicked by, one of our Thoughbreds. They love their work and have such a high drive, that they will continue to work and try to hide their injuries.
BC's, Austrian Shepards, and ACDs are very agile dogs, and will not purposely put themselves in a dangerous situation. When it does happen is it the responisibility of the handler, to make sure that situation does not reoccur.
I have three dogs that compete in DiscDog: Sakura, Maggie, and Angel. All three have a distinct routine and this routine is based on thier ability, not what I think would look cool. Where discdog injuries concern me the most is with new competitors. They don't always recognize, potential hazzards.
I have done some agility and (let the firestorm begin) have found agility to be a much more injury prone dogsport. I have seen more serious injuries from the agility ring (again mostly new competitors) and from any other dogsport, to include sled-dogs. I am orginally, from Alaska, afterall.


Just My Two Cents,

Christopher

this was harv at gillingham last year....... he does anything to get the catch! we normally get an audience down at the beach! :lol:

Hi Christopher,

Thanks for your reply, yes i know agility can cause injuries
not only in our dogs, we also suffer from the same sort
of injuries, i have had an op on my right knee from all the twists
and turns we sometimes have to do and yes i still enjoy the sport.

I have also heard that flyball is very high for injuries to the dogs.

Even when walking our dogs, they can still get muscle injuries.

We would never do any sport with our dogs if we worried
all the time what can happen to them/us.

Keep on throwing/jumping, i know i will.

Sue.


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Don't you find that most of the injuries sustained by agility dogs you know have come about in the course of everyday life rather than the sport itself?
That's certainly more often the case amongst the odd dog that has been injured at our club.
Never had an injured dog either way, personally, (touch wood) except for my one non agility dog that somehow got whiplash when running on the marshes. No idea how it happened.

Pam