Retired and Hall of Fame K9K Dogs

Retired

Trish's partner Bella is an Australian shepherd straight from Craig's List. She is the sweetest most lovable dog on the planet. With tons of enthusiasm and energy, flyball seemed like a good fit. Her fastest time was at CanAm 2014 with a 4.934. Bella enjoys agility, playing frisbee, swimming, running, traveling, learning, cuddling and being Trish's shadow.

Bella retired in late 2017 after a five-year racing career, during which she accumulated 17,678 points and earned the titles of Flyball Master Champion and a Multibreed Dog Champion-Silver.

Blitz, an Aussie, is loved and trained by Teresa. Blitz came into Teresa’s life as a 4 year old who loved working stock. She continued stock work while learning flyball at her own pace and made her flyball debut as a 7 year old! Though never the the fastest dog in the lanes, Blitz enjoyed playing the game as a “late bloomer” flyball dog. Blitz loves her daily run or walk more than anything and also enjoys stock work and backyard agility fun.

Blitz debuted at HJJ’s 2012 Turkey Trot and in 3 1/2 years of racing accumulated 7,004 points, earning the title of Flyball Master (FM).

Flare Brown is the Pownalls’ Cheswood aussie and comes from stock dog lines. She is sweet, funny, opinionated, and loud. Flare Brown is loyal and loves doing everything and anything with her people. Flare Brown has been transitioning from being a “one-lane wonder” to a flyball dog who can run successfully in both lanes. Flare Brown debuted in January 2014 when she was just under 3 years old. She currently holds the titles of FMX & MBDCh-G and has a personal best run of 4.0.

Radar, a rat terrier, was pulled from a shelter in West Virginia and made her way to Teresa as a foster. As it happened, the little dog who was scared of everything found her courage, learned how to play flyball at age 3, and fit in well with the Pownall family. Radar is a fun little dog with a super-sweet disposition. She's a pretty solid height dog and enjoys agility training. We're lucky things worked out the way they did.

Radar holds the titles of ONYX & MBM and had her personal best of 4.3 at her debut tournament in February 2015.

Bill adopted Shine, an Australian cattle dog, from Saving Grace in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Shine's favorite thing to do is go to work with Bill and share breakfast along the way. Shine is a consistent flyball dog, willing to run on any lineup and in any position. She is funny and loyal and totally low maintenance.

Shine debuted in March 2011 when she was a year & a half, and accumulated the titles of FGDCh & MBMCh before her retirement in 2019. Her personal best is 4.4.

The one who started it all for Mark! Spark is Australian shepherd who is often referred to as “Ms. Congeniality.” She was adopted from Saving Grace in North Carolina as a puppy and excels in everything she does! Spark truly loved the game, doing a superb job at training new handlers - she was always willing to run for anybody and a blast to run! Favorite things include: people, swimming, and Bender.

Spark debuted in May 2010 and raced for eight years, during which she accumulated 24,999 points and earned the titles of ONYX and Multibreed Master.

Hall of Fame

In memoriam to those K-9 athletes who left an enduring legacy with the team and an indelible impact on the hearts of their humans.

A Labrador retriever, Abby played flyball for about 6 years. She debuted in 2007 and retired in 2013, at the age of 12, after accumulating 31,221 points and earning the title Flyball Grand Champion. Her point total includes 15,584 multibreed points that qualified her as a Multibreed Master Champion.

Adopted by Teresa as a 2-year-old, Abby started training in obedience, rally, and canine freestyle before finding flyball. She loved flyball more than any other activity and once she landed on K9K, she blossomed. Abby ran in the high 4/low 5 range during her prime. Most notable about Abby as a flyball dog was her consistency - she never made a mistake - ever. She was the perfect dog for training up-and-comers on passing and her box turn was spot on.

Bunny, or Kung Fu Panda, was Amy Hendrickson’s American pit bull terrier who debuted in February 2015 at just over 3 years old. She earned the titles of CGC, MBDCh-G, & FMX and had a personal best of 4.199.

Bunny came from the Wake County Animal Shelter. Their shelter had sent out a plea to all rescue groups that they were over-full, beyond capacity, and some dogs were going to be “put on the list” as they had been available for too long with no interest. A friend went and checked out a few dogs, and “Sweetie Bunnie” was one of the dogs she chose to foster. After 6 months in foster with a friend, she was brought to Amy to get some sport training to enhance her adoptability. And she just stayed . . .

Jack Rabbit, or just “Jack,” debuted at HJJ’s 2013 Spring Fling. He was an American Pit Bull Terrier Amy Hendrickson calls “Mr. Perfect.” Amy rescued Jack from Petersburg Animal Control, where he wound up after having been found running at large (and not for the first time). His owners declined to come for him, but Amy came to his rescue on his 10th—and would be final—day at the pound: “I was at the shelter that day evaluating a dog for a rescue and his intense stare and stress drooling just made me want to give him a chance. Once out of the kennel, he was great. His toy drive was off the charts, and I thought he’d make a great sport dog for someone and took him home to foster. I didn’t know at the time that someone would be me.”

In his 5 1/2 years of racing, Jack accumulated 13,678 points to earn the FMX title, earned a Champion-Gold multibreed title, and posted a personal best of 4.8.

Juno was a rescue Linda adopted from German Shepherd Rescue and Adoptions (GSRA) in Raleigh, NC. At about five months old, she came to live with her forever family at her forever home in December 2011. Her foster mom kept in touch and sometimes watched her play flyball when we're in Raleigh. She was a sweet, good-natured girl who loved all forms of play but especially loved her jolly ball, tennis balls, and, of course, flyball. She played flyball from 2014 to 2020 and earned the titles FMCh & MBDCh-S.

Rave, a.k.a. Gravy, was a purebred border collie from Pennsylvania who was up for anything you ask her to do. She loved to play flyball and frisbee, to swim, and to chase squirrels. Rave was all business when she was working, but at home she just wanted to lay on you and cuddle.

Rave debuted in March 2019 and held the title of FDCh-S. Her personal best time is 4.4.

Seeya was a sport mix (Border-Collie-Staffie-Jack) from Canada. She was the best dog in the world and thought very highly of herself, understandably. Seeya enjoyed barking and running and bossing around the boys. She was an excellent disc dog and would crush the agility course if she had a human to take her back to lessons.

Seeya debuted in flyball in April 2015, just shy of her second birthday, and held the titles of FMX & MBDX. Her personal best was 3.9.