Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings . . . it’s an album title that might aptly describe the peaks and valleys of Double Dog Dare’s racing year – mostly peaks but definitely some valleys.  We said goodbye to Mark Nipper and Angie Maxted and their dogs Bailey, Ivy and Rooster and welcomed to our competition team Melissa and Philip Hunt and their dog Isabelle, Kelly Dyer and Jason Perry and their dog Maisie and Lanny Scaife and her dog Maddie.  We cruised comfortably to a Division 4 1st Place finish at the 2010 U-FLI Championship in St. Louis and struggled along the way to becoming NAFA Region 14 Multibreed Champions.  Our senior most canine, Huey, surrendered a leg to cancer but finished the racing year still competing and teaching us all about a dog’s fighting spirit.

The NAFA championship was a club effort if ever there were one.  Double Dog Dare fielded teams of different dogs every time it competed in the Multibreed class.  In all, 22 dogs representing 13 breeds appeared on the club’s rosters.  That’s every dog that ran with the club.  Every dog earned points in those lineups and contributed to our final regional standing.  This is a success in and out of the ring, as it represents both the club’s effectiveness at competing and at fulfilling its mission of building a breed diverse flyball organization.