2012-12-19

Some 2012 autumn pics

Some yet unpublished pictures have been discovered in the computer, so you may please your eyes by watching 'em ;).

Late autumn in Břevnov
A wise look
My left ear stands a bit, so you may have a brief look inside =).
Monkey see -- monkey do.

I have also been sent some pictures from Lahovice =).

A really tall ``Choďák", as seen by Lubomír Vičan

Rufík uses the Ultimate Frisbee style, i.e. running below the disc and then trying to catch that ... well to do so with his mouth is untrivial =). (photo by Lubomír Vičan)

For the webpage to look cool, also a pic with some diplomas is a must. Note, that Barnabáš is humble and does not seem to be enjoying the shooting (by Lubomír Vičan)


2012-12-02

Bye Bye Summer 2012

Let's put some rests up:

To conclude our season, we attended Bye-Bye Summer DDFW. Proverbial cold exceeded my expectations. When realized that not only I am throwing really poorly in the wind and cold but I am don't enjoy that too much in the mud, I decided to quit on Saturday afternoon (yes, on Sunday, the weather without us was much better suited for frisbee =D). The only one of us three, who was apparently happy from being in such weather was Barnabáš =).

"Looks, someone is running in the snow!"
 Results are really shameful, the mistake is completely on the thrower's side of the disc.

Super Minidistance

  • Barnabáš 2 points, 79th place, below only those, who haven't caught anything =).
  • Ruf 9 points, 44th place, 11.5 was the minimum required for the second round.

DogDartbee (6 throw qualification)

  • Barnabáš 10 points, 49th place
  • Rufík 30 points, 38th place
It was a good decision to buy a good tent in the summer =).
 Happy to survive without catching a ``rýmička" and looking forward to some more warm action in the spring =).
Task: guess, where the competition was being held =).

2012-10-14

Lahovičské dogfrisbee závody 2012

To earn more experience we participated this family atmosphere competition (only 9 teams). Despite grim forecast, the weather was perfect: hardly any wind, almost cloudy sky assuring enough light but no glare and moderate temperature. Well, my view of a "spacious training ground" is a bit different but it turned out to be perfectly fitting for this purpose =).

"Are you sure, you want me to release it?" Photo from http://manberry.rajce.idnes.cz/

Dogdartbee

  • Barnabáš: 4th place
  • Rufus: 3rd place

Quickly back. Photo from http://manberry.rajce.idnes.cz/

Time trial

  • Barnabáš: 2nd place (0:23:40)
  • Rufus: 6th place (0:37:94)
Pursuing a higher throw. Photo from http://manberry.rajce.idnes.cz

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Thanks to Pavla for organisation, prize nibbles were tasty =).

Was I too quick or the disc too slow =)? Photo from http://manberry.rajce.idnes.cz/

2012-10-02

Smooth collie meeting 2012

Usual place, usual agenda and as always a tremendous experience. The atmosphere has been slightly more intimate due to less participants, leading to one group instead of several smaller ones and talking to more previously unknown people.

Photo by Lída Machačová, http://www.royalstuart.wbs.cz/

Competitions were not the most important part (though being the fourth in the calling competition and the second in the tunnel competition made me proud of Rufík a bit =)), we are carrying fine experience with us. Barnabáš stood at home, enabling us to take a train and Ruf to show, he is an experienced traveler, calmly sleeping around legs of foreign people in the coupé  =). Except for dog laryngitis (probably caught from a coughing dog in the train) meeting was great.  We would like to thank to the organizers and are looking forward for future actions.

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2012-09-22

Czech DiscDog Fun Marathon 2012, Nymburk

Mimicking other major maintainers of dogpages even we have decided to start repairing our backlogs =).

Competition in Nymburk took place in rather windy but pleasantly muggy weather. Fine location near the city center attracts not only competitors from a wide vicinity but also several secular spectators. And there was a lot to see.

Starting on Friday with Quadruped and our favourite DogDartbee, Rufus caught 35.5m in Quadruped, so luckily we got over one half of Lucka Schönová's incredible World record thrown there =). Experienced guys like Marek Lehuta haven't let us pass to semifinals, so the final result is 12th place out of 16. Only one dog per player was allowed, so Barnabáš was having a rest ;).

As for the DogDartbee, experiments in the wind have taken us to 90 points for Barnabáš and 60 for Rufík, far below 160 necessary for the semifinals. So the boys have ended 29th and 43rd respectively.

On Saturday, we haven't shown much of a nice throwing in the Minidistance, ending on positions 52 (Ruf) and 53 with 6 and 5.5. respectively (only top 28 from 64 got on to the second round for time limitations). Last but not least, Barnabáš showed two nice catches in the first round of the Time trial, ending with 25.32s on the nice 16th place from 36. With Rufus, two unbelievably ugly sequences of throws have led to 34th place (luckily we are close to the beginning of the alphabet, preventing us from being the last with the same score =)).

The results are still not very breathtaking but the key point, gaining experience on the competition, worked well. And three day trip to Orlické hory starting on Saturday evening was a nice follow-up. And one more joke for the end: in the current ranking of Dogshop dogfrisbee league, Barnabáš is 66th, so one day I can tell the grandchildren that at least for a short while (thanks to attending more competitions so far) we were above Lucka & Boogie, about whom we will hear a lot in the future =).

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2012-07-25

Memoriál Jindry Pecháčka 2012

The time has come to make some funny action on a dogfrisbee competition again. As an ideal opportunity, Jindra Pecháček Memorial 2012 in Dobříš has been chosen. Accompanied with CACIT, event has offered friendly atmosphere, perfect artificial grass field and a possibility to watch other dog sports meanwhile.

"I'm cute, don't be affraid of me =)" (photo by Iwana Rychlá, www.ivana-foto.cz)


Our first-run trial in dogdartbee was kind of surprising. Rufus helped to adjust foresight ("only" 40 points) which helped Barnabáš to catch 210 points and get into semifinals. Performance there was not as decisive as the first one, thrower's lack of concentration enabled only 100 points. Result, divided 7-8th makes us happy, especially because of it being our first dogdartbee and second official competition in overall.

  • Barnabáš: 210 + 100 points, overally 7-8th out of 41
  • Rufus: 40 points, 34th out of 41

Minidistance was no big surprise for us and it still shows necessity of throwing technique improvement and further research =) on how to land more smoothly and play the whole thing better. Funny fact was both Barnabáš and Rufus getting exactly the same result in the first round, i.e. 11.5 points, moving them dangerously close to each other in the second round =).

Casual catching position (photo by Iwana Rychlá).
 
  • Barnabáš: 11.5 + 11 = 22.5 points, 28th place out of 41
  • Rufus:  11.5 + 9.5 = 21 points, 31-32nd place
We are looking forward to future competitions and feel motivated to train ;). Photos are being chosen now, meanwhile you can have a look into the following galleries.


(photo by Iwana Rychlá)

2012-07-12

Rufus DNA CEA and MDR tests

Good news, everyone! Slovgen laboratory has sent us results of DNA CEA and MDR tests of Rufus' blood. Both are such that Ruf is heterozygote, i.e.
MDR +/- (carrier),
CEA R/r (carrier).
MDR result is official, CEA test is only orientational.
Smile ;).

2012-07-05

Trip with Hanka and Rakša

Among other holiday activities we've gone for a fine trip with Hanka and her Czechoslovak wolfdog Rakša. The dogs jogged aroung the whole Prokopské údolí and meanwhile Hanka has taken some beautiful shots. Thanks ;).


For more photos, see Hanka's Picassa gallery.

Well, we could have been watching the camera but why would we do so? =) 
After explainingto the wolf-like friend, what to do with the ball. Fun begins =).
View is surely nice but a teething game is a better thing to do.

Three fellows, three tongues out =).

Rufus dysplasia examination

On 22.06.2012 Rufus has had his elbows and hips examined for dysplasia by MVDr. Lukáš Duchek. The results are great, both elbows and hips are clear, i.e. HD A/A and ED 0/0. After the narcosis necessary for the RTG, Rufus was tired a bit but an afternoon nap has remedied this ;).

2012-06-06

FFFF 2012

FFFF 2012

Despite severe organisation trouble this year's Fun Factory For Frisbee could take place and host dogfrisbee, ultimate, DDC, discgolf and freestyle players in Dobřejovice, place definitely even nicer than originally intended. So no excuses could be applied and we've set off for our first dogfrisbee competition.



Both Barnabáš and Rufík attended Super Pro Toss&Fetch and both were doing their best to catch what I've misthrown =). Saturday round was variegated with funny wind, Sunday in calm air enabled surer throws. The boys seemed to be enthusiastic about the disc and I've been given new motivation for further training.


Results

Barnabáš:  8.5 and 9.5 points, 27th place out of 40.
Rufík: 4.5 and 12 points, 31st place.
Detailed results on discdog.

Thanks to Lída and Jitka for the photos. Several more can be found e.g. in the Trist's gallery or by Krtecina on rajce.