Reskie Eskie Bailed Out of Jail  
 

Reskie Eskie Bailed Out of Jail “Bailey” became the first member of Double Dog Dare to enter planned retirement at Athens Dawg Derby July 12, 2009.  Bailey’s Veterans team, Doubled Over, finished the event first place in its class, and Bailey’s last four heats were picture perfect.  At his retirement, Bailey is the highest pointed dog in the Double Dog Dare club and the second longest running.  Bailey finishes his career as the fourth ranked American Eskimo in NAFA and the second in U-FLI.  He has the distinction of being one of only five American Eskimo’s to earn NAFA’s Onyx.  All nice numbers to throw out, but they pale in comparison to the odds that Bailey overcame to ever compete in flyball, much less to continue for		Call Name: Bailey        Breed: American Eskimo       DOB: 09/13/2000
		Owner: Angie Maxted    Debut: 08/30/02    NAFA: Onyx    U-FLI: TFE-I
seven years.  He did so with the care, support and persistence of his handler Angie Maxted.  Bailey was abandoned at Iowa State University Veterinary Medical Center by his owners after he had been hit by a car.  The trauma left him with a great deal of hardware in his right hip and pelvis.  Angie, a first year veterinary student, took Bailey in as her own, with the goal of providing him the most complete recovery possible.    When his healing process was complete, Angie turned to another kind of heeling – this time with the goal of introducing Bailey to training that might help keep him safe.  Bailey, however, viewed		opened a large, overhead door, Bailey saw that as his opportunity to leave the building.  For the remainder of that tournament, guards were posted at the doors to try to catch the little white devil. Bailey was limited to warm-ups.  With more time and dedication from Angie, Bailey became a reliable height dog for Cyclone Flyers and ran full time.  When Angie and other members of Cyclone Flyers graduated, that club broke up.  Angie moved on to an internship following crane migration, during which time Bailey lived with a couple of Angie’s friends and competed as a member of All Ruffed Up, sometimes running back-to-back weekends and

obedience class as an opportunity to bark incessantly and was expelled from more than one obedience class for disruptive behavior.  So what would be an appropriate activity for a barking maniac that loves balls?  Enter flyball and Lynette Vandeventer, who was putting together Cyclone Flyers in Ames, Iowa.  Lynnette encouraged Angie to give it a try with Bailey.  Bailey’s introduction to flyball was rough.  He couldn’t be trusted off

often running two or more tournaments a month.  Angie and Bailey relocated to Athens in 2006, where the two of them joined the recently relocated Double Dog Dare club.  Their four years’ racing experience provided a much needed boost to the competition team and to the training classes.   Their competition schedule lightened a little while the club worked on rounding out our first

lead but was training with a new team that practiced outdoors.  After having worked through that, Bailey decided the preferred game was keep away.  Bailey spent a summer practicing three or more times a week to work past this with Lynette and Angie, doing homework as well. Just when Bailey seemed tournament ready and everything seemed to be going well, he entered his first tournament.  When one of the participants

and second teams with essentially new dogs that had little or no competition experience.  During that hiatus, Bailey was the preferred training dog.  Unflappable.  He would not be rattled by any dog’s bad behavior. Bailey will continue to appear on DDD’s rosters here and there in honorary and backup positions.   Who knows?   Maybe someday he’ll return to the obedience ring to master the basic skills of a companion dog.  Be afraid . . . and wear ear plugs.