I in my younger years use to play frisbee every chance I got, however not everyone I hung
out with enjoyed it as much as I did. This is where the thought of getting a frisbee dog came in. However up to now it was
not a good time to get a dog so in about 1997 I started attending a yearly disk dog event in my area as a spectator. I really
enjoyed going and seeing all the teams, wishing I could get a dog and train it for frisbee.
On my 40th birthday in
2000 I brought home a cute plump little hair ball with BIG feet, I knew right there what to name him, my best buddy would
be named GUS (from a movie called gone fishin right Gus ?, borderline eleven) .
It was not long till I realized
how smart border collies are, Just spending 15 minutes and a hand full of dog treats is all it takes for him to learn the
simplest tricks. Right off the bat (at 2 months old) he loved to chase a ball, and it was no problem to get him to bring it
back, the problem was to get him to stop when my arm felt like it was going to fall off. I got him a rubber ring toy
He loved to chase it also but was not catching it yet, till he was about 2 1/2 to 3 months old. Up to this time we played
in the yard with me rolling the frisbee across the lawn and him chasing it and bringing it back for more. Then he just started
to catch it one day (when I threw it just right)
After the 2001 seasion I wanted to get another Dog I decided on a austriaian Shephard
and found one with blue eyes.
this dog took to frisbee like a duck to water. He became my high flyer
at 10 months old I entered him into the open division doing freestyle (after the fact
I found out this was really not a good idea, jumping and vaulting at that age is not recomended at all, its real bad for a
dogs joints that have not fully developed at that age, so please think twice before jumping and vaulting your dog that young)
he seemed to do very well, I continued to enter him in this division
