5 questions with : Jean McCollister

photo by: fotohacko.cz


name: Jean McCollister
sport: Disc dog , Agility
country: Slovenia - USA
www.flipsi.net
flipsi-dogfrisbee.blogspot.com




Best advice ever given to you?
I like Bryan Lamky’s motto, which he says he learned from his champion frisbee dog Tatiana: Life is short. Aim high and bite hard!


Your favorite part of the day?
Depends on the time of year. Early to mid-afternoon in winter. Morning and evening in summer. All day in spring and autumn. Those are usually the best times for being outdoors with the dogs. And I always appreciate a pretty sunrise and sunset. I like it all, really. It’s just a matter of taking the time to be aware.


Last car trip (where)?
To Nova Gorica, a couple of days ago, to get Lyra her rabies vaccination. Her Christmas present.:-)
I try to use the car as little as possible in winter, so I can save up the kilometers for traveling to frisbee and agility competitions during the season. I work mainly from home, and I don’t need the car to take the dogs for long walks or play frisbee with them, I can walk out my door and find everything I need—endless trails and open fields. Training agility involves some travel, since I have to drive to get to obstacles, but we’re currently taking a break due to financial constraints. So these days it’s not unusual for my car to stay parked for up to a week at a time. Otherwise, my last major road trip with the dogs was with fellow Flipsi member/instructor Sara Kalin, in mid-October, to Milan, to perform in a park as part of Purina Day with people from Disc Dog Italia and some visiting Polish players. It was a really nice experience.


Your top five competitions ever?
Stromovka Park, Prague, Czech Republic, in July, 2007 (my first ever). European Championship, Wroclaw, Poland, in September 2007.  European Championship, Mnichovice, Czech Republic, in September 2008. USDDN National/World Finals, in October 2008. And every Nymburk (Czech Republic) Distance Weekend I’ve been to—three so far (2008, 2009, 2010), but I’m going to cheat and count them as one. If I could add a sixth it would be the UFO Winter Cup, Hungary, in January 2010.


3 things that you can't live without?
Lyra, Olivia, Bamm Bamm? I guess they’re not things. Okay, again, it depends on the time of year, but right now—chainsaw, wood splitting maul, table saw. And morning coffee, all the year round.  Can’t function without coffee. Beer is a close second. Once again, I’m cheating, and exceeding the number you allot. ;-)




video
Jean McCollister @ Lyra - Dogfrisbee EC 2008
by DiscDogCZ