Scott & Kathryn Stein
Team Captains
Home base: Bennington, VT
Dogs: Brazen, Fusion,
Kiri, Express,
Tequila, Thyme,
Viper, Flirt,
Pyro, Whisper
Scott & Kathryn's lives appropriately revolve around their dogs.
Dogs have been a centerpiece of their lives from the day they
met at a dog training seminar, through their courtship at the
dog-training hall, to the honeymoon that was cut short because
they both missed the dogs.
Kathryn happened upon flyball at the training hall in Illinois
one evening in 1995. It looked like fun and she was easily talked
into training her lab Tequila in the sport. She met Scott days
later who knew nothing of the loud and chaotic sport, but was
more than willing to box load in order to spend time with Kathryn.
From
there, it's all been downhill as both of them became quickly addicted
to the sport. Not even a move to Vermont (where flyball did not
exist) could combat the addiction (hmmm……does anyone know of a
12 step program for flyball?). After a two year layoff, Scott
& Kathryn saw an ad for New England's first flyball tournament.
They took the three hour drive to watch, and by the end of the
day they were members of a team and preparing for a trip to Canada
in two weeks to play with their new team. Hopelessly addicted
again.
While both Scott & Kathryn play agility, do obedience, and dabble
in herding, flyball is their first love. To support their 'flyball
habit' they own and operate the perfect type of business for them...something
dog related. Between tournaments they can be found at Great Fields
Kennel in Vermont with their ten four legged children and their
one two legged child, Noah (see bio below).
Noah Stein
Noah
is the son of our hopelessly flyball addicted captains Scott &
Kathryn. He was born early, and there is much debate as to whether
competing in a flyball tournament one week prior may have spurred
his arrival. Noah has been raised with dogs since day one, and
while it hasn't been proven, many people believe that instead
of cooing as a child he tended to growl like a puppy.
Since
the age of two, Noah has been 'boxloading' in practice for our
teams. It is quite entertaining to see a four year old wedge himself
in front of the 'adult' boxloader, call the dogs by name, and
then place a tennis ball in the appropriate hole for the next
dog. Unfortunately, while Noah attended his first flyball tournament
at four months of age, tournaments have been off-limits for him
since he could walk. Until NAFA allows two people to stand on
the box during a tournament, taking him to tournaments is just
not an option (you try keeping a five year old from doing what
they think is their job).
