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Mollie Approaching the box
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As we said on our home page flyball is a relay race for dogs. It's between two teams of four dogs. Racing in two lanes, one dog from each team must go over four hurdles, trigger a flyball box, catch a tennis ball, and then return over all four hurdles to the finish line still holding the ball.
The next dog can then run. Missed hurdles and dropped balls require the dog to re-run the course after the rest of the team has finished. |
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Flyball is a team sport. Each team consists of four dogs racing in each heat, plus up to two reserves. Reserves can be interchanged after each heat. There are between three and five heats to a race, and a team has to
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Box Loader Stan with back
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Millie Learning to get the ball from the
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Any dog can do flyball, there are Border and Bearded Collies, Labradors, Whippets, Terriers and
Rotweillers, not to mention all 57 varieties of cross breeds in all shapes and sizes!
Besides being great for dogs, flyball is a lot of fun for people too!
It is a great way to meet people locally and all over the country.
Flyball can be as competitive as you want to make it. The best part of all is just having fun with your
dog.
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Competitions are run in divisions, based on where the teams are seeded. The fastest teams are put in Division 1 and the slower teams in Division 2, 3, 4... etc. This enables every team to have a fair chance and be competitive in their division.
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Bracken ,Gem(from Cleveland),Billy Bob ready to go
when Tilly returns
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