Alfie has been doing a bit of light flyball training for a few weeks now, and I am so pleased with his progress. Of course we are not taking it seriously, it’s just for fun and he certainly sees it that way - ears & legs flying, a huge silly grin on his face the whole time. He is easily distracted especially by people he thinks might fuss him as he is very social. We managed to get him to do a full run for a fleecey tugger rather than a ball as he enjoys this more but this week he actually did one full run for a plain old tennis ball, we were all so chuffed! Our training is helping us in a lot of ways, ,giving him something different to do and think about and improving our relationship too the way training in a dog sport always does. I look forward to potentially taking him to a starters competition this summer and I’ll be sure to get you some photos of Alfie the Flyball Dog.

In other news, the implant has taken effect and Alfie is back to his normal lovely non-randy self. I am pleased! And it’s shown us that if he goes back to the way he was once it wears off, we probably will need to have him castrated. I guess we’ll figure out whether it’s the right thing to do once that time comes. Oh, and Alfie starts his therapy visits to a local nursing home next month - July is going to be very busy for us what with the flyball season, therapy visits and of course his looming MRI scan.

Look how grown up he’s looking

Oh and for anyone who doesn’t know Alfie’s story in full, you can read it here: http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/1569/alfies-story-a-brave-dog-who-battled-back/

Barks!

Em & Alfie <3