Handler Profile - Emma Mason

Country: UK

My Dogs

Emma (a ‘Mansfield Marnicks’ flyball team member), and her husband Chris currently own 5 dogs:

Mig - Lurcher - bitch - 4 years old. Previous top team dog 2012-2014 now 2nd team dog

Mist - WSD - bitch - 4 years old

Flame - Collie x Whippet x Staffie - dog - 3 years old (bred by Margaret Greaves & Nick Pearce) Top Team

Ripple - Collie x Whippet x Staffie - bitch - 3 years old (bred by Margaret Greaves & Nick Pearce)

Olaf - Collie x Whippet - dog - 8 Months old (home bred)

Achievements

The biggest or most memorable success so far?

Emma says her biggest success to date in Flyball has to be breaking the British Flyball record with a time of 15.96 in August last year, with her team mates!

Other successes

Emma has competed with dogs in many disciplines over the years - Showing, Agility, Obedience and Flyball. Her main two were Showing and Flyball.

To list a few successes:

- Gold Medal Winner at Crufts 2000 for KCJO Flyball with Farley WSD

-Gold Medal Winner at Crufts 2000 for KCJO Obedience with Farley

- Top Junior handler of the year in the UK in 2006 with Snort - Papillon

- Runner up in the International Handling Finals at Crufts 2007. The UK representative with Austin - Papillon

- Crufts Flyball Winner 2013 with Mig

-Current British Record Holder with Flame

- Division 1 winner & 3rd place at the BFA (British Flyball Association) in 2014 with Flame (1st) & Mig (3rd)

- Open Flyball team of the year 2014 with Flame

Biography

Then she picked Flyball back up with Mig in 2012 with The Mansfield Marnicks.