#Fastcat

[highlycaffeinatedmudi]

The boy rocked it this weekend! Got a personal best of 16ft off the dock and got his FCAT title. So, so proud of him, and the underwater treadmill and overall fitness training paid off!

[whippetcrimes]

Official beautiful pictures from the creature's first FastCAT. The crazed intensity of the second picture gets me

[leggy-martian]

We did a thing over the weekend!

He ran really fast! (24/25 mph, not his best speed but eh)

And then he deflated

FastCAT is always so fun

[southerntchiorny]

Furby’s best moments in FastCAT earlier this month:

Ferrari mode

Actually really nice looking pics

And surprised pikachu face

[stinkybrowndogs]

Ohohoho you can also grab one of these custom fastCAT/ Lure coursing bumper stickers for 25$ usd on my ko-fi here!

[borders-for-life]

Some shots from the last few FastCAT weeks! As you can tell, some enjoy it more than others! #fastcat #bordercollie #akc #dogsports https://www.instagram.com/p/CqAfoRwOZVS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[play4keeps]

And back to our regularly scheduled content...

My mom, c.2017, wearing a beautiful vest she knit (and I now own). Our last family gathering, her 93rd birthday, Oct 2022 Now that my mother’s memorial and celebration of life have passed, my new normal has begun. I spend my days working (remotely, thank GOD) and cleaning out my mother’s house. She was quite the shopper, my mom. I am finding multiple of many items, some of which have never been…

[weaseldogs]

Pippin doing FastCAT in Montgomery, AL, Nov 2022

Photo credit: Brian Batista Photography

[ivyfox-illustration]

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[bestbeest]

I don't have pictures yet but Reese and I did a FastCAT fun run today. I honestly wasn't expecting much; he is the laziest dog in the world, and he has so little prey drive that he has literally been bitten in the tail by my mom's rabbit, and only responded by wagging it and trying to lick the bun lol.

WELL HE KILLED IT.

His first run: 9.228 seconds. Pretty damn ok! That's an average of 22izh miles per hour... I was shocked and pleased.

The second run, he was so amped up and excited to do it again that he kept lunging at the end of the leash each time they let another dog go, lol. He was whining so loudly and desperately to go that people were staring at us. It was a little embarrassing haha but oh my God I was so happy that he loved it that much!!! I wish we could have gone again and again.

His second run: 8.336 seconds.

That's right. He shaved almost a full second off his time. I was SCREAMING I was so excited lmao!!

God it was so much fun. Needless to say, we will be doing that again.

[highlycaffeinatedmudi]

Had to buy the crazy eyes one

[whippetcrimes]

Misty the uncooperative. Too busy watching the bunny. In order, Misty, her mama, her sister

[leggy-martian]

Had a fantastic time at a fastCAT event this past weekend!

Marte earned his BCAT title! Pending AKC approval, he'll be Fiat Lux Antares Alpha Sco BCAT!

This is the first title I've ever put on a dog, my first taste of that world.

We did a CAT fun run, to see if he could follow a lure, and, um...

Oh well, no lure coursing for him.

[southerntchiorny]

The full spectrum of chaotic energy 🌈

This boy is either defying the laws of gravity (with a side of insanity):

Or he is channeling his inner velociraptor/spooked gazelle:

[augustasmum]

[not-m00se]

My baby Gus photographed during a FastCat trial! ❤️