Therefore, there is not a lot of time wasted running over yardage that we're not getting extra points for. If your dog is spending less time going and returning, you have more time for additional throws. Karli's typical number of catches is 6 to 7 in one minute. I try to compose myself and gear up for the next throw. I don't let the time clock affect me.
People do strange things under pressure.
When my time was up, I figured the thing out in about 15 seconds. It was actually quite simple. I have an artificial leg, and I'm anything but graceful, but I prepared a short freestyle routine to some music, just for fun, and to showcase my dog's skill and leaping ability. Well, I was the only one who had practiced this, apparently, and Karli won the freeflight round with a score of 63. In competition that day, with his dog also in that first place run-off, was a young man who became a friend of mine, Brian Lamky.