Winter 2023 Season Patch

Description

Winter 2023

Dog: Ruby (2006 – 2019)
of Dallas Captain Walt Schwagerman

Season Champ: Anthem, Arizona

Complete Season Results

DAUGHTER GETS DAD INTO DISC
DAD TAKES OVER AND DRIVES DALLAS
ALL THANKS TO RUBY, A RESCUED BC

Under Captain Debbie Schwagerman, the Dallas, Texas K9 Frisbee League Club formed the Summer 2017 and played to a 3rd place finish back when there were less than 30 Clubs in the League. With a core group of 10 to 12 people, the Dall Club has completed 32 League Seasons making them one of the most consistent and long-lived Clubs in the Worldwide League.

A little over 2 years ago, when Debbie had to step away from Captain duties a new person stepped up to keep the Dallas Club running . . . it was Debbie’s dad, Walt Schwagerman whose journey into disc dogging was a bit of an accident when he adopted a border collie he named “Ruby.”

As Debbie tells it, “Ruby was adopted by my parents from Ruff Mutt Border Collie Rescue in 2006 when she was about 8 weeks old. The organization, run by me, was new and Ruby was one of the very first dogs to come through my rescue. The funny thing is my mom was the one who adopted her. Ruby was going to be her dog, or so she thought. But Ruby had other plans.

“She immediately became my dad’s hiking partner, and he began throwing balls and frisbees for her for fun. Ruby took to frisbee like a fish to water and my dad started joining me with her at the local Dallas Dog and Disc Club’s Saturday morning play days.

“Ruby really began to shine, and my dad was encouraged by other club members to enter Ruby into some of the local competitions with her. Every time Ruby was entered, she wowed the crowd with her big, graceful jumping style and flashy catches, and she always won a high placement.

“She may have never been a championship winner, but she was the star of my dad’s heart, and led him to adopt another frisbee dog, Mira.

“Ruby passed away in 2019 at the age of 13 years old. She had a long, wonderful life with my dad.

“My dad now captains the Dallas K9 Frisbee Toss & Fetch Club and plays with his current dog, an adopted border collie named Lucy.”

As a thanks to Walt, and Debbie, for their dedication to League, as well as a nod to the Dallas Club, Ruby was selected to fly on the Winter 2023 Season Patch.