Good action photo, Peter. I debated whether to go to the festivities at the Regatta Centre but, in the end, I had too much work to do at home - painting :-(>
Went a couple of years ago and it was great fun. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:57:40 +1100, "Peter McIntosh" <[email protected]> said: > Hi guys, > > Long time lurking, only a little time for the occasional PESO. > > My wife and I went to Parramatta Park (western Sydney) for the > Australia Day celebrations today. We happened across some dog agility > trials - specifically flyball (at least, that's what I think they > called it). Dogs run in teams, and basically scarper down a marked > lane with some small jumps, hit a board at the end that releases a > ball, grab the ball and bolt back with it. Runs are timed, and there > are starting lights (not unlike drag strip christmas tree lights). > > This peso is the start of one of the pairs races: kelpie (nearest > camera) vs border collie. > > http://picasaweb.google.com.au/petergly/OnePhoto#5295521341986808722 > > I was fascinated, to say the least. Dogs of all sizes were running - > from miniature poodles to an English sheepdog look-alike, whose breed > name escapes me (started with a B - maybe some of you dog guys out > there might know it?). And, to a dog, they all absolutely loved it! > > JPEG in the ist-DL, just a quick and dirty contrast adjustment in > Picasa. All comments most welcome. > > Back to lurking, > > Peter in western Sydney > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent email service? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
