In a larger sense, we cannot dedicate this Flyball tournament to the canines running here or to the hollowed Flyball lanes, But the brave dogs running here dedicate it far beyond our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what these dogs did here. It is for us, the people, rather, to be dedicated here to help and enjoy each other and each dog. From these dogs, we take devotion, and a measure of that devotion is how hard they play the game. Here we resolve, these dogs shall not play in vain-that these dogs shall have a new birth of flyball fun and that this game, for the dogs and for the people, shall not perish form the earth.
Mattie adapted this from the Gettysburg Address for the opening of a Flyball tourney.
Give me the patience to live with this Jack Russell, the courage to try and train him and the wisdom to know he's smarter than I am.
Amen