About Seattle's Best Canines
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Seattle's Best Canines was founded by Ken and Heidi Knable (owners of the number 1 Old English Sheepdog in the U.S.A. in flyball!). They are the captains/coaches do a fabulous job of coordinating our practices and tournaments. We are a team all about inclusion. Anyone can join our team and any healthy dog can do flyball-it is not limited to purebred dogs. We are all crazy about our dogs and keep the focus on having fun as we practice this engaging and high energy dog sport! We practice most Friday evenings at 7:00 at Paws-Abilities in Tukwila and there is a $5.00 per dog charge for use of the facilities. A Typical PracticeA typical practice entails "new dogs" walking over the jumps on leash and possibly trying a "recall" (where the dog is held by a team member as the dog's owner goes to the other side of a jump and calls the dog). The progression builds up to doing recalls where the dog is going over all four jumps to their owner. If the dog seems ready, they are introduced to the flyball box and, eventually, to combining the jumping and getting the ball from the box. There are baby gates that are used to "hug up" next to the jumps for beginning dogs so that they have no option but to go over the jumps. All of these activities are introduced to dogs in a fun way with LOTS of praise involved! The "experienced dogs" will take turns with the newer dogs so that both groups get practice times as well as rest times. We all help set up the jumps and baby gates as well as put them away at the end of practice.All dogs progress at different levels and that is expected. We don't want the dogs to feel the pressure but to feel that flyball is nothing but sheer fun! If you decide to try flyball with us, you will see that our dogs display many behaviors which express pure excitement and anticipation about their sport! We encourage you to come to one of our practices to see what this is all about and to give it a try! Some things to remember:
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