AC/DC’s song, “Back in Black,” blasted in Coolidge Park Sunday as Karma, a dark, sleek Doberman pinscher, glided through the air to retrieve a flying disc.
“It’s like ice dancing for dogs except we’re using Frisbees and the mud is the ice,” said Lori Cheung of Toronto, Canada, who owns Karma with her husband, Gordon.
The three were among hundreds of high-energy hounds and humans attending the Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Canine Disc Championship, the largest disc dog competition series in the world, said director Peter Bloeme of Atlanta.
The competition started in 1974 and has been in Chattanooga for the past seven years. Bloeme has a contract to host the event in Coolidge Park for at least another two years and hopes to extend it.
The final day of the week-long event Sunday coincided with the Ironman triathlon in downtown Chattanooga and drew competitors from around the world including Japan, China, Belgium, Colombia, Mexico and Italy.