Flyball is a fast, fun team relay
sport for dogs and their families. It's a great outlet for
high energy dogs! The flyball course consists of 4 hurdles set
10 feet apart and a mechanical ball launching flyball box.
Dogs race one at a time over the hurdles and trigger the flyball
box. The flyball box shoots out a ball, the dog catches it and
runs back over the hurdles with the ball. When the dog crosses
the start/finish line the next dog on the team takes his turn.
Teams compete against other teams
of equal abilities. All dogs, including pure breeds, mixes and
small dogs
are eligible to compete and earn flyball titles. Sanctioned
NAFA and
U-FLI
flyball tournaments are held throughout the year all over North
America. Flyball is also popular in other countries.
More information about flyball
can be found here:
http://www.flyball.org/aboutflyball.html
Click here to see a movie clip of
a NAFA flyball tournament (filmed
at DogZworth's Nov 3-4 2007 event).
Click here to watch footage from our Big O 2007 event

Photo courtesy of
www.ttlphoto.com