Osko was the very first Dog>Gone Flyball dog!  He came into my life  when he was 5 years old and I knew he needed a job.  We started  flyball with Mike Pape and the Ketch team in Tampa and ran with them  for a year. When I had enough dogs trained for our own team, Osko was  the only experienced dog running with five green dogs - that meant he  got a lot of 1 & 5 point runs in his career, but he was still the #  38 GSD of all time when he had to retire!
    This German Shepherd was made to do flyball; he loved his tennis  balls and his tug and would run forever.  Many new dogs on our team  learned to pass with this super-dependable dog!  At his first  tournament a JRT latched on to Osko’s tail on the runback and Osko  never faltered, just came on back for his tug.  We even have a  picture of him hip-checking a big lab from another team who crossed  over to our box and tried to take Osko's tennis ball; Osko just  blocked the dog and continued his run!  Talk about focus!  His only  fault was not wanting to release his tug toy to run again!
    Little did I know what I had when Noel Coward placed Osko with me.   He taught me what it’s like to work with a really high-drive dog and  I loved every minute of it!