Harry earned his name shortly after I got him as a puppy in 1998 by executing a miraculous exit from behind a closed door that was also blocked by a puppy gate. Both the door and gate were undisturbed but he was upstairs on my bed when I got home from work!
Harry was born in Provo, Utah, in August of 1998. (See Harry's pedigree here.) He is a sweet, loving dog with an alternate identity--Harry the flyball fiend. At 9 years old, he is running flyball faster than ever before, topping his personal bests at nearly every tournament. He is astonishingly competitive and can run in the lead-off and clean-up positions on his teams with equal ease.
Harry and I have had a busy flyball career beginning with the Salty Dogzz in Salt Lake City in 2000. In 2002, my friend Gosia and I founded our own flyball club, the Utah Tail Blazers. Sadly, Harry and I had to leave our friends behind in 2005 when we moved to Austin, Texas.
However, we've since found a new flyball home with Dogz Rule!. Harry earned his Flyball Master Excellent title with DR!--a bittersweet accomplishment surrounded by our new friends and thinking about our old ones.
Harry is currently the top-ranked active smooth fox terrier in North American flyball. |
