Vader's Demo at CBS's Pet-a-Palooza Event

Last weekend we hit up Citrus Heights, CA to be a part of the Disc Dogs of the Golden Gate demo at the CBS Radio sponsored Pet-a-Palooza event.

It was a fun day, that's for sure.

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Even Rue participated, sort of.

Pet-A-Palooza - The Next Gig For Vader, The High Flying Disc Dog

Via press release!:

Team Vader will be performing at the CBS Radio Pet-a-palooza event, taking place at Rusch Park, 2801 Auburn Blvd, Citrus Heights, CA, this upcoming Saturday, April 23rd, 2016. At the time of this post, the weather is supposed to get up to 75 degrees, and partly cloudy. Don't forget your sunscreen and water!

The CBS Radio Pet-A-Palooza is billed as “Sacramento’s biggest free pet event,” and is presented by CBS Radio, BelAir, Raley's, Lashers Elk Grove Subaru, and sponsored by Cache Creek, SolarCity, SMUD, VCA and ESKATON.

The event is open from 10 to 4, with disc dog demonstrations from Lark and Vader, in conjunction with The Disc Dogs of the Golden Gate disc dog club, will be taking place at 11am, 1pm, and 2:30pm. Along side the disc dog demonstrations, there will also be a dog obstacle course, an exotic animal show, pet adoptions area, a kid's area, food vendors and a beer garden. (I think I should stay away from "the garden!")

On top of all that, the musical entertainment will be presented by American Idol’s Haley Reinhart and singer-songwriters Matt Nathanson and Ben Rector!

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Team Vader's Day At The 2016 UC Davis Picnic Day (And Our Next Gig)

Team Vader had a great day last weekend at the 2016 (102nd) UC Davis Picnic Day event where we took part in a demonstration and also participated in a mini Toss & Fetch contest.

The demos were fun as the enthusiastic fans cheered and wowed the the demo teams on.

And while all the stunts were going on during the freestyle Frisbee Dog demos, with Disc Dogs of the Golden Gate, the fans did not let up during the mini Toss & Fetch contest as they cheered and clapped for jumping dogs and exciting mid-air catches.

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Even though Toss and Fetch is more up Vader's alley, we floated the discs higher than normal because the wind was a wonky beast this day so I played it safe and the floaters made for fun times for the fans as they watched Vader jump for his discs!

Lark performed flawlessly, except for the fact that some of the floating discs did not want to come down to meet her anxious teeth!

Of course the day would not be totally complete without a little adventure.

The sound system that was provided for us went belly up which delayed the event by just a few minutes until one of the team members just happened to drag out their old system that they had with them in their car.

Vader and Team To Be At The 2016 SACRAMENTO SPCA Doggie Dash

This upcoming Saturday, April 9th, 2016, Vader and team will be at William Land Park in support of the Sacramento SPCA Doggy Dash Event, which is perfect, considering all of Team Vader consists of rescue pups!

http://sspca.convio.net/site/TR?fr_id=1130&pg=entry

We'll be there as part of the demonstration team of Disc Dogs of the Golden Gate and there will be other great events taking place as well.

The demonstrations

9:15 a.m. - Arena 1 - Disc Dogs of the Golden Gate Demonstration
11:00 a.m. - Arena 1 - Performance Dogs in Action - Herding Demonstration
11:30 a.m. - Arena 1 - Flyball Show
11:45 a.m. - Arena 1 - Sacramento Police Department K9 Unit Demonstration
12:15 p.m. - Arena 1 - Disc Dogs of the Golden Gate Demonstration

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While some of the fun contests include

10:00 a.m. - 2K and 5K Walks Begin
11:00 a.m.  - Arena 3 - PUG RACES - Heats evern 10 minutes until final race off
11:00 a.m. - Arena 4 - CONTEST - Canine Games Most Enthusiastic Tail Wag contest
11:10 a.m. - Arena 4 - CONTEST - Canine Games Best Smile contest
11:20 a.m. - Arena 4 - CONTEST - Canine Games Best Kisser contest
11:30 a.m. - Arena 4 - CONTEST - Canine Games Cutest contest
11:45 a.m. - Arena 4 - CONTEST - Canine Games Best Tricks contest
12:00 p.m. - Arena 4 - CONTEST - Canine Games Best Look-a-Like contest
12:20 p.m. - Arena 4 - CONTEST - Canine Games Best Costume contest
12:30 p.m. - Arena 1 - Disc Toss and Fetch contest
12:35 p.m. - Arena 4 - CONTEST - Canine Games Mystery Mutt contest
12:45 p.m. - Arena 2 - RUFF MUTTER awards
12:45 p.m. - Arena 4 - CONTEST - Canine Games Walks with an Attitude contest
12:55 p.m. - Arena 4 - CONTEST - Best of Show

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There is one BIG caveat though...

The event will be taking place, rain or shine, and it's a 90% chance of rain! But we will be there...