Bio: Miss Jake is an English bred Lab (blockier build) that Rachel and George purchased from a Massachusetts breeder at 8 weeks of age in 2003. She started her flyball training in the fall of 2004 and played in her first tournament in January of 2005. Her natural retriever instincts made her an easy train for the game, though during her first 6 months of competition she was more interested in getting her ball... and the other teams ball... and any balls rolling across the lanes... well, you get the picture! The team would often have to assemble a wall of handlers to catch 'MJ' after her runs at tournaments. She has since settled down into a solid reliable flyball dog that will run in any position for any handler. Miss Jake has several claims to flyball fame ~ she is famous for retrieving bobbled balls from well out of the lane and still making it back over all 4 jumps, for moving boxloaders completely off the box when she hits it, and for doing runs at practice without a handler! In her free time 'MJ' loves to play with her best buddy Dell chasing balls and frisbees and with her 'Papa' practicing her dock diving skills at the local gun club.
Miss Jake and our Jr. Handler Steph have paired up for the summer/fall racing season while Rach recovers from knee surgery. The two of them run like a well oiled machine! Steph is fearless when it comes to passing and MJ definitely thinks that Steph belongs to 'her'! Watch for this wonderful team in the lanes this racing season.
Steph and Miss Jake at a recent demo
