About Flyball

    Flyball is a relay race between teams of four dogs.  Dogs jump four hurdles down to a box, trigger the box, releasing a tennis ball, retrieve the ball, and jump back over the hurdles.  The current record is 15.88 seconds for all four dogs to complete the race!  But, even not so speedy dogs can still have fun and compete in flyball.

    There are several wonderful web pages with lots of information about flyball.  

• Flyball dogs -- www.flyballdogs.com 
• K-9 Sports flyball page -- www.flyball.com 
• i-flyball -- www.i-flyball.com 
• North American Flyball Association (rules & regulations for tournaments) -- www.flyball.org 
• World Flyball Rankings -- www.flyball.org.uk/wr/wrank.php 

    See these books for good flyball training information:

• Flyball Racing: The Dog Sport for Everyone, by Lonnie Olson
  (available at Tattered Cover, or online at www.amazon.com or J & J Dog Supplies -- www.jandjdog.com)
• Jumping from A to Z, by M. Christine Zink and Julie Daniels
  (available at www.caninesports.com or  www.amazon.com or J & J Dog Supplies -- www.jandjdog.com)
• Peak Performance: Coaching the Canine Athlete, by M. Christine Zink
  (available at www.caninesports.com or  www.amazon.com or J & J Dog Supplies -- www.jandjdog.com)

    Are you convinced?  Sign up for our beginning flyball class.  Click here, or on the Classes button above for more information.

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