A TEAM of five dogs and handlers from the North has taken third place in a Crufts flyball qualifier event, in which 13 teams from across the country took part.
This means the Durham Dynamite team, trained by Aileen Clarke, of Barnard Castle, County Durham, will be first reserves for the flyball competition - relay racing for dogs - at Crufts next year.
The handlers were captain Keith McDonald, Julia Folland, Eileen Boardman, Robert Wray and Chris Hare. Mary Robson was the ball-loader.
The team trains at the National Canine Defence League kennels at Sadberge, near Darlington. Some of the dogs are strays which have been rescued there
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