After showing the ancient Romans the error of their barbaric gladiatorial combat and introducing them to the wonderful dog sports of agility, fetch, and flyball, I departed from Rome in the Doghouse of Justice, heading back to my own time in the present. However, my ship has once again fallen short of the mark, this time depositing me in England as the 1924 Olympics are coming up. And here, I discover that I have changed history in a most disturbing way …
At first, all seems well; I emerge from the Doghouse of Justice and find a human race going on. I grab my tennis ball and join in. Oddly enough, the human racers are also carrying tennis balls, but I unwisely dismiss this as a mere coincidence.
After easily defeating the human racers, I am invited to a post-race party, where they make me a startling offer which I, of course, accept:
At last, flyball has received the recognition it deserves by being included in the Olympics! I immediately implement a most grueling training regimen, in which I easily and repeatedly score the best times on the team. It is only as we near the end of the training season that my offhand remark leads to a devastating revelation:
Not only have my dreams of Olympic glory been crushed, but I am so thrown off my stride that one of the humans actually finishes before me!
Obviously my meddling in the ways of ancient Rome have led directly to this horrible state of affairs. I must find a way to rectify the situation without somehow making it worse. I will find a way! Because I am Dennis the Vizsla, and I never give up.
The Oceanside Animals 
Dennis, just fake throw the ball in the other direction, humans always fall for that one, or try running the race on a Sunday.
Benny “The Tank”
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NOOOOOooooooooo!!!!!!
What flyball a human sport? The balls don’t even fit in their mouths!
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Hey, Dennis-
I am shore that the human cheeted. Did you bite him in the beehind fer gud meassure?
Yer pal,
Luda
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Lost to a human. What a terrible disgrace. You could be banned from the Vizsla Hall of Fame.
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Insist on two more races for the best two out of three. You are bound to win the last two and then things will be right again, won’t they? Right as rain!
Candy Kisses,
Stella
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WOW! i landed in
cool time-trav’ling adventure!!!
go, go, go dennis
How super amazing is this! Sorry about Your loss buy You’re still king to All around here. And to think I almost didn’t stick around long enough to read anything because Your Halloween header is SOOOOOOO scary!
Happy Halloween and Cheers! 🙂
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Now Dennis….humans like to feel special too! 🙂 Revenge~~~~
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Happy Halloween to all of you :))))
Have a scary weekend !!!
😉
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Hey there Dennis! That was great! You were soooooooooooo close to that guy…Gotta step on the gas at the last second next time! But, take a rest now ok? You worked it!
Hugs and snaggle-tooth kisses,
Sierra Rose
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Hey you know wut I always sez: Its not wether you win or lose its wether you have the ball!! And you do have the ball rite?? Ball fer the win!!
Yer pal Dozer
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Uh-oh. Mom always says that it is all fun and games until someone goes out and changes the present by tweaking the past…. *sigh* Although I’d like to see my Mom running around with a tennis ball!
*kissey face*
-Fiona
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ROFL!!!! Love your blog, Dennis! ;P
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Dennis – don’t tease use with flyball! We want to play but there is none around here.
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It’s just one race. You’ll take the next one!
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I’m so vanjealous
Happy HOWLoween!
I hope woo get lots of treats without any trikhks!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
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Mama had a comment ready, but then I read her Khyra’s comment and she can’t stop giggling…
Sorry about the loss Dennis…but remember what comes around, goes around!!
Smileys!
Dory
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Now I can’t get the friggin song out of my head Dennis and I read it all in slow motion! Geez!
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The fabric of time just ain’t meant to be messed with. Glad you didn’t do anything back there to stop the invention of the internet & blogging.
I hope you didn’t…
Dennis tell me you didn’t…
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Dennis! You better fix things fast or your next flyball competition will be most disappointing.
Slobbers,
Mango
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Dennis the vizsla never gives up!!! Train harder and beat those humans!!!!
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Dennis, will there be a Chariots of Flyball II?
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this is about persistence and honor and the glory of victory and or probably just chasing things down a beach, which equals all those things put together. flyball? more like dennisball.
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OMG! i almost wet myself laughing when i first saw the chariots of fire poster! keep runnin’ dennis!
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That poster is great! And I am not sure why, but when I see that photo of you in the fedora, I think of pork chops. Weird.
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