Clifford the Big-Armed Dog, and another oddball first for me

Nearly all of us have played disc golf with people who can seemingly
throw a disc with half our effort and make it go twice as far. Such
natural power is to be envied, but it occurred to me today that in some
ways these freaks of nature deserve our sympathy as well.

Watching Clifford the Big Red Dog the other day with my kids, I thought
of how large active dogs need more room to get the exercise they need.
If you have a 90-pound Labrador Retriever you should be taking that dogs
for runs in open space every day. A Chihuahua, on the other hand, can
get all the exercise it needs running around the back yard or even the
living room.

It's kind of like that with disc golfers that can throw 450 feet or
more. If they live in an area with courses that have mostly short par 3
holes, imagine how bummed they must be! I try to be a glass-half-full
kind of guy, and as my arm (which was never a big gun even in my prime)
loses a little each year, I find that more and more holes present new,
distance-related challenges. Usually that comes off as a bummer, but
disc golf is no fun without the challenge, and this Chihuahua is finding
more challenge every day. Yipee, I think.

Black Mouse Disc Golf Course has been my place for exciting happenings
this year. There was an ace several months back, and more recently
possibly my most surprising birdie ever. And now today, it happened again. Please Click here to read the rest of this post.