Furry FUNd$ Flyball Team

05/09/2026

Shout out to our Super Star Locee filling in this weekend with our friends on Frenzied Flyers. Bark Loud, Run Fast lil man❣️

04/25/2026

04/02/2026

A great reminder to listen to what your dog is telling you.
We should be listening with our eyes and an open mind to understand what our partner needs. 🐾🐾

It’s not normal for a dog to quit working—
Recently, at a trial it was said some folk consider this a part of training; it’s definitely not.
Turning a dog off of wanting to work, or diminishing his enjoyment, is rarely intentional but almost always has serious consequences.
Even if he doesn’t quit but shows signs of stress,
such as: sniffing, coming back to you, picking at grass, going half hearted around the sheep, going very wide or other, it’s important to recognize your dog is telling you something is wrong.
Additionally, dogs shouldn't need a ‘break’ or ‘time off’ training. However, some trainers use this rationalization because their method applies too much pressure.
If your dog has experienced diminished joy for working, the first step is to give yourself grace; you don’t know what you don’t know.
The next step is to become educated.

It may be as straight forward as trying to go too fast too soon,
didn’t include enough balance point, used discipline before cultivating desire, tried to force your dog, did too much drilling,
made the work too difficult, or even unintentionally, trained for an agenda rather than your dogs needs.
It could be more complicated, such as an excitable dog that underneath has a soft nature,
a type of eye that you don’t understand,
a temperament issue you inadvertently exacerbated or other.
There is no simple fix.
You can’t recreate initial enthusiasm but in many instances you can:
employ exercises, techniques, philosophical and mindset adjustments that can make an enormous difference.
When you put great effort into developing partnership with your dog, you can have amazing results and doing everything you can to help your dog enjoy his work is the best first step you can make. macraeway.com

03/30/2026

Oh my goodness—I am SO incredibly proud of these amazing people and their awesome dogs! ❤️🐾
F$ had an absolutely spectacular time this weekend at the Mid-Michigan Pet Expo! The energy, the teamwork, and the FUN were everything we love about flyball.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to the wonderful Rachel Olson for helping our team in such a huge way!! From lending us a dog to run, to guiding our new handlers on the mat, to giving our newbies the chance to run her seasoned dogs with other teams—what an incredible opportunity and experience. We are so grateful!
And another huge, heartfelt thank you to my friend Stacey for stepping in to fill a spot after entries had closed and an Air Force deployment changed our planned lineup. That kind of support means the world to us.
This weekend was all about teamwork, sportsmanship, and having a blast with our dogs—and we felt all of it. 💙🐶
So proud of this crew!

03/25/2026

Our Little Giant 💙 Locee

03/15/2026

Today's your last chance to check out all the wild things that are at the Pet Expo!
Grab a popcorn or amazing Fudge snack and a bleacher seat at 11:30 & 1:30 for our show!
🐕‍🦺🐈🦜🐸🐫🐈‍⬛🐕🐐🐑🐢🐍🦎🐦🐷🐿🐭🐪

03/13/2026