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NASDOG Racing Flyball Team, Athol, MA (2025)

08/23/2021

Awesome pre-hurricane practice on Sunday! It was ‘passing day’ and the dogs did great! Lineups are looking good for Greenfield - can't wait to be racing again! :D

07/25/2021

Happy Birthday Nike!!!!

06/25/2021

Spice 10/05/2005-5/28/2021

Tom and Terry said goodbye to their girl Spice who made the transition to the rainbow bridge on May 28th. Spice-Girl as she was affectionately known, was the last the OGs and writing this post is difficult to say the least. The original crew – the 8 dogs that started it all for NASDOG - will always hold a special place in the hearts of the NASDOG Family, and to lose the remaining original team member truly marks the end of an era.

Spice made her flyball debut back in 2006 on PVWT and when NASDOG split off she became one of the Team’s first height dogs, albeit a pretty tall one! Without her the team would have had to jump 14” back in the early years of flyball, so she was certainly a lifesaver, especially as the team was getting up and running. Her flyball career ran from 2006 until her retirement from the sport in 2013 when Terry decided to retire her after a couple of chasing incidents – Spice was a magnet for dogs that wanted to chase other dogs! Spice amassed over 22K points in her career and earned her ONXY title in 2012. Her last official planned event (she made a ‘relief’ appearance a week later covering a few runs) was at the Franklin County Fairgrounds, her team’s all-time favorite place to play, where she ran Vets on a team that included not only her sister Shadow, but several other Region 13 Vets, all of which will be greeting her on the other side of the bridge to play some flyball.

Spice’s sport career continued well after her flyball retirement in 2013. She went on to become an awesome little agility dog and was total rock-star on the agility field earning 3 C-ATCH’s and a CT-ATCH during her agility career! She also continued to attend team practices long after her flyball retirement to help other dogs learn passing and was a cheerleader at events right up until her passing. And of course, she was forever the “fun-police” at home with her brothers Nike and Jack, always keeping the boys in line.

She will certainly be missed by her teammates and her housemates. Dog-speed Spice-Girl.

06/25/2021

Tex 01/04/04-05/07/21

Highwater Vortex, or Tex as we affectionately referred to him, crossed over peacefully to the rainbow bridge on May 7th with Val by his side. At 17 years old her certainly lived a long and fruitful life filled with flyball, agility and barn hunt.

Tex debuted in flyball in 2006 with CTFF and went on to run with Infurno and eventually found his final flyball family with NASDOG Racing. He ran his last race in 2018 and amassed over 60K points during his 12-year flyball career earning his FGDCH 60K and his Iron Dog title for racing 10 consecutive years. He was a little spitfire of a 7” height dog and could run in any position and be passed by anything big or small. He also ran on many Open teams over the years and was often times double listed, and multiple times called upon, to run extra at tournaments. He was also great at barking and hu***ng legs at tournaments. 😉

Tex was also an accomplished agility dog earning his AAD in USDAA agility and in his later years was a rat-machine at barnhunt earning his RATCHX2 and C8S titles and making barnhunt his official retirement hobby.

Tex left his mark on many over the years – smoker’s cough and all. 😉 Dog-speed Sexy-Texy.

12/25/2020

Merry Christmas to all our Flyball friends! Looking forward to getting back in the lanes in 2021!

12/16/2020

Hawkeye ~ 7/20/2007 - 12/6/2020

These are always the hardest posts to make, especially when it's a dog that holds a special place in my heart, and the hearts of so many others.

Hawkeye peacefully crossed over to the bridge on 12/6/20 with Heather and Brian by his side. He had suffered a stroke earlier in 2020 and was dealing with some other underlying medical conditions when his body finally decided it was time. We are so fortunate as humans to be able to make the decision for these animals that love us unconditionally to pass with dignity and with those who love them the most right there with them. ❤️

Hawkeye debuted in flyball in August 2008 and would continue to be a rock solid member of both NASDOG and All Fired Up until his retirement in 2018. During his racing career he earned over 41,000 NAFA points and his Iron Dog award for racing 10 consecutive years.

Hawkeye was an awesome flyball dog and he and Brian were a force to be reckoned with in the lanes. There was nothing better than Hawkeye running start and staring at the judge waiting for him/her to drop their hands to start the race and hearing Brian's famous "growl" as he revved up Hawkeye and sent him down the lanes! I don't know if any of us will ever know exactly what Brian was saying... but Hawkeye sure knew and he'd sink right down into the mats and get ready to race. He was also great in the pack and would "judge" when to take off based upon where the dog in front of him was... which was pretty awesome... but a bit scary if we "wide" passed and he was airborne 5 feet before the start line! lol

Hawkeye was one of those dogs that once he was up and racing, he could run for anyone, in any position in the line up, pass into anything big or small, take a pass by the biggest of dogs (yes, that's you Wrecker), work with greenies (handlers and dogs), and it would never phase him a bit. He was all about racing and running FAST!

Hawkeye wasn't just a flyball dog either. Over the years he dabbled in all sorts of sports - herding, flyball, agility, disc, tricks, etc. He was also a great houseguest and 'babysitter' for some of my own dogs. He was great with puppies and up - he loved them all and was the sweetest dog you'd ever meet. He was also Brian's constant companion and while he would run for his Mom (or anyone) if asked to, he clearly loved nothing more than working for his Dad, Brian.

He will be missed terribly by his teammates and everyone that had the pleasure of knowing him. ❤️

12/25/2019

Merry Christmas everyone!

11/11/2019

NASDOG Racing would like to send out a HUGE thanks to Rebeccah and the entire Maine-iacs crew for another awesome Flyball MAINEia tournament! Love the area, venue, goody bags, raffles, and of course seeing all of our favorite Canadians too. :)

Thanks to Carl and Cy for your judging efforts this weekend - by far two of our favorite people to run under! Also thanks for getting us on the road so early on Sunday - it was great getting the first few hours of the drive done in the daylight.

Special thanks to BARK for having Wrecker again this weekend on your Vets team and also for the half spot for Omni allowing her to earn her Iron Dog and retirement. :) Congrats to Nike on also earning his Iron Dog this weekend!!

Thanks Dave for all of the amazing pictures this weekend too!

See everyone in the Spring! Train hard and enjoy your Winter!

09/29/2019

Great weekend of flyball with some BIG and small victories! Huge Congrats to Kristie and Halo on earning their FD and FDX (plus their Multibreed equivalents)!!! Halo did awesome!!!! Congrats to Valerie, Trisha and Fin-T on earning their FMCH title today!! Fin had some extra duty and was a rockstar running for Trish!! Also congrats to Rich and Willow on their Onyx Award! Go little red dog!! And last but certainly not least a small victory for Julie and Mavis - Mavey took her first triggered ball from the box today! She still needs to learn to carry it back, but for her these small victories are big steps for our little girl. Great job this weekend gang!

09/21/2019

It’s DEMO day!!! Come visit us at the Monadnock Humane Society’s Walk For Animals event at the Keene Airport!

09/19/2019

Turn N Burn box turns from this past weekends event. 👍🏼 Dogs looked good and were well matched against RAF in the other lane making for some fun close races.

09/16/2019

NASDOG Racing had a GREAT time racing at the Mass Chaos U-Fli event this past weekend. Huge thanks to MC for hosting the event and for putting in a TON of hard work, and also to the Steve and Melanie from U-Fli for coming out and judging and overseeing the event.

NASDOG sent 2 teams to the event plus a couple Preflight dogs. On Saturday we earned 2nd Place finishes with both teams and on Sunday we had a 3rd for Turn N Burn and another 2nd with Kiss My Grill.

The dogs ran well with Morsel earning her TF and TF1 titles; Finny and Pixie earning their TF1 titles, and Willow and Wrecker earning their TFE titles.

Great weekend of racing... looking forward to doing it again in 2 weeks down in Walpole, MA.

09/14/2019

It’s FLYBALL time!!!! We will be playing this weekend at the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Greenfield, Mass. If you’re from the New England area and have been intrigued by the sport and wondering what it’s all about... this is the weekend to come on down and check it out! Flyball in your backyard!! Admission is always free and Clubs from all over New England, New York and as far south as Maryland will be playing. Racing starts at 8:30 today and 8:00 on Sunday. Swing by and watch the dogs in action! 🐶🐶🐶

08/30/2019

Congratulations Sizzle, Pixie, Morsel, Maizey & Willow! Lots of new titles in 2019. Awesome job gang! 🐶👍🏼

08/29/2019

NASDOG Racing sends its deepest sympathies to Amanda, the Brown family, and the DogGoneFast family on Geoff’s passing. Many of us had the honor of knowing and running under Geoff in the flyball lanes and he will forever be remembered for his amazing smile, contagious humor, and encouraging words. Geoff was always patient and understanding with the greenest of dogs and handlers and had a way of making even the most nervous person feel at ease. He was truly an exceptional man, in and out of the lanes, and will be missed by so many. Keeping the Brown family in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

08/04/2019

Awesome practice this morning with lots of progress! While all the dogs looked great there were a few highlights:

⭐️ Mavey is hitting the box now. 🐶
⭐️ Maizey is taking a pass AND holding her ball. 🎾
⭐️ Halo worked in a head-to-head pairs lineup and never even looked at the other lane. 👀

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