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Animal Wellness Magazine

In the April/May issue of Animal Wellness Magazine, there was a nice write up on the 2006 Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Canine Disc Championship. View full size cover: [here], article here: [1], [2], [3].

Disc Dog Competitions: Too big for their own britches?

In recent years, canine disc competitions have been spreading like wildfire. Increasingly, dog and disc clubs are getting into the competition organization business by staging competitions for the various contest organizers as well as their own club events. There have never been more choices and opportunities for disc dog enthusiasts than there are right now. more...

Operation Migration

Hyperflite Co-founder Jeff Perry took a few days off of work this week to assist with a very important project that has absolutely nothing to do with disc dogs. Always fond of anything capable of flight (which naturally includes our four-legged friends!), Perry was delighted to help Operation Migration in its mission to help re-establish the endangered wild Whooping Crane population. Each year, Operation Migration raises hatchling Whooping Cranes and teaches them to fly in formation with an ultralight "mother bird" aircraft. This year, 18 birds are making the thousand-plus mile flight from Wisconsin to Florida to learn the migratory route that they will follow for the rest of their lives. Once the birds have been shown their migratory route, they can make the trip independently. more...

Holiday "Feastivities"

The Holidays are upon us and we would be remiss if we neglected to include our four-legged friends in all of the "feastivities." The Atlanta Journal Constitution recently reviewed a book of recipes formulated specifically for canines. The book, which is entitled "Real Food for Dogs: 50 Vet-Approved Recipes to Please the Canine Gastronome, includes such recipes as Great Gravy Cookies and Pup-Cakes. Check out these recipes here and make your pet's "nice list."

Former Hyperflite Skyhoundz Canine Disc World Finalists "Sniff Out" Fame

Michael McKenzie, of Tacoma Washington and his beloved pooch “Good Boy Blue” have a chance of a lifetime—to become the new face of Milk-Bone Original Dog Biscuits! Good Boy Blue, and his pet parent, Michael McKenzie are finalists in the Milk-Bone Make You & Your Dog Famous Search. They are hoping to dig up some votes from their fellow competitors on the disc dog competition circuit and beat out the other four finalists for face time on the Milk-Bone box! Between October 16th and November 6th Americans can go here to vote for their favorite couples in each size category. Never before has a pet parent hit the store shelves alongside their furry friend. more...

 

2006 Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Championship Report
Words are simply not adequate to describe the drama and excitement of the 2006 Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Canine Disc Championship. But since words are all I have, I will get right to it. For 72 hours in Atlanta, disc dogs most definitely ruled. Our thanks go out to the many volunteers who helped make the event a great success. First, our judges, Chuck Middleton, Ed Jakubowski, Mark Jennings and Mark Wood were spot-on with their officiating. For three days straight, these four gentlemen “slaved over hot clipboards” and got it right. Staff members Mike and Kathy Miller and Ron and Amy King made sure the event ran smoothly and were expert multi-taskers. Next, the many volunteers from the MadDog and Indy dog and disc clubs helped out tremendously when they weren’t “burning it up” on the playing field. Countless others stepped in with offers to help along the way and, were it not for their efforts, we could not have staged this event successfully.more...

2006 Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Championship
Are we there yet!? As the countdown timer on the Hyperflite website slowly winds down, most of our dogs don’t need much of a reminder that the World’s are just around the corner. The fanatics among us have suddenly gone from one practice session every other day to morning and evening sessions every day…and three or more sessions on each weekend day, rain or shine. more...

Pampered pets pig out in Pompano Beach
For just a moment let’s take a trip to dreamland. Imagine that you and your beloved canine companion have just competed in the Hyperflite Skyhoundz Southeast Regional Championship held in Florida. It was a tough competition but you managed to score an invitation to the Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Championship. Let the party begin! more...

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