“When hounds fly,”, she said, so we flew! Back in June all three of us did FastCAT in Grinnell, Iowa. Olivia and I earned our DCAT Titles and Bailie earned points towards her BCAT Title. Bev Klingensmith was there to photograph FastCAT runs and she took some amazing photos of us. We purchased them for our own online use because we like them so much. Some photographers are so good, and others, well, not so good. We are lucky to have such great action shots. Today we are focusing on flying.
We all got together and agreed that I, Madison, receive the high flyer award for my runs. I’m short but I run quite fast and we now see that I really fly down the track after that lure!
Mom likes the way my front paw pads are exposed when I fly. In the above photo you can see the lure.
Sometimes I think I look funny when I’m really racing along. See the happiness in my face? I look like I just lauched off a springboard or something.
After examining the photos we determined that I get a lot more air the further I am down the track. In the beginning I fly, but at a low altitude. I gain speed to fly better.
Olivia really catches a lot of air, but she is also four inches taller than I am. Talking about when hounds fly, she really flies a lot. We love how her chompers are showing.
Sometimes she flies with her ears up like a rabbit, which is super silly, but that is Olivia. She too starts out flying at low altitude, but with speeds really gets airborne.
Check this out! The girl is so far off the ground it is crazy! It’s a wonder she doesn’t land flat on her belly!
Olivia and I both run a couple seconds faster on the course than Bailie does. We don’t know why Bailie isn’t faster, but hopefully she will get faster with more runs. Since she is larger than both of us and slower, she doesn’t fly as well, but she definitely wins in the happy hound category.
Like Olivia, Bailie sometimes puts her ears up for better reception. She is really into the chase and getting down the track to Mom.
Notice how she is no longer running straight? Bailie saw the photographer lying on the ground with her camera. Because we all know to look at a camera, she charged full speed at the camera, but then veered off right before hitting it. She did it each of her three runs, but no harm done and we got some good close ups that way. Bev knows how to capture it when hounds fly and we are thankful for such awesome photos!
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you are pro’s!!! no doubts and you sure can fly…. you are the pups of your mama who knows a lot about planes and flying ;O)
True, she does know a lot about flying. We think FastCAT pics are so fun.
Holy cow! You girls DO fly!!! Wow!! We love these photos. And how about Bailie seeing the photographer!! Did she think it was your mom?? These are amazing pics. Maybe you girls should register with the FAA!!!! have a great day. your friend Lilly
FastCAT photos are so fun when the photographer is good. We all really enjoy flying. Hope you are having a great weekend.
Those are all absolutely amazing, you really can fly and all you need is a cape! Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
Mom says we could help out Underdog if we had red capes.
Our super-hero girls! Like Brian said, all you need is a cape! 😍
We probably won’t wear capes because they might slow us down.
That looks like so much fun! You girls really fly!
It is a lot of fun. We love doing FastCAT.
Fabulous pictures.
She did a great job capturing our runs.
You and Olivia fly through the air with the greatest of ease. Toes pointed like you are diving. Silly Bailie does not appear to point those toes. She really crashed into the camera? XOXO Sparkle
Bailie doesn’t have the same speed we do, but she has fun and that is what matters. She ran at the camera every time but then veered off at the last minute.
You gals look like Super Dogs flying!
We just love chasing the lure running as fast as we can!
Fabulous actions shots of you flying. Made me smile.
Have a woof woof Thankful Thursday. My best to your mom and that great photographer. ♥
The photos make our mom smile too. They are fun to see.
Super fun photos!
Fun sports should have fun photos, right?
Darling airborne photos!
Thank you.
You fellas really cover some ground. Amazing
We love to chase! I bet if the lure was a mouse cats would do the sport!
WOW…We really enjoyed watching you fly!!!
xoxo,
Rosy and the Gang
Thank you. We enjoy flying down the track and then seeing out photos later.
Awesome flying shots, girls!
Thank you. The photographer got some good ones.
What pawsome pictures of flying dogs. Have you girls ever seen the show The Flying Nun? Us neither, but our Mom watched it “back in the day,” whatever that means. She said you three could be her dogs and fly along with her. Sounds fun! XOX Xena and Lucy
My mom remembers that show and used to love it. She said she occasionally will see an episode on cable TV when they play old shows.
Those photos are just the best! It’s a joy to see you girls fly.
We love photos of all our sports, but the best ones are FastCAT and Madison when she did agility. The motion makes them fun.
Those photos are SO much fun, and I especially love how happy you girls all look! ♥
We all love FastCAT. It is a simple sport for everyone!