Flyball

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Flyball box: when the dog touches the sloping surface, the ball is released

Flyball is a dog sport that came from America to England around 1990 and then on to Central Europe.

Sports

Flyball uses four hurdles that are set up in a row and a so-called flyball machine. Flyball is a kind of relay race, four dogs have to run through the course one after the other. The dog tries to get over the hurdles to the flyball machine as quickly as possible, to press the trigger button, to catch the ball and to get back to the goal with the ball over the hurdles. Only after the dog has run back over the starting line, the next dog is allowed to enter the course. The times and changes are monitored by a light barrier and any errors are indicated by light signals on a traffic light system.

The hurdle height is determined by the smallest dog in the team (at least 17.5 cm, maximum 35 cm).

Four teams of dog and handler are a team, two teams play against each other. Because of the speed of this competition, this sport is ideal for spectators.

The first German championship in this sport took place on September 20 and 21, 2008 in Hungen . 33 teams from all over Germany competed in six divisions. The team "16 Paws of Power" won the title from Hungen and also broke the German record with a time of 17.59 seconds.

In May 2013, the FCI General Assembly approved the creation of a Flyball Commission.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.flyball.de. Retrieved August 29, 2019 .
  2. ^ Gießener-Allgemeine.de: The title goes to Hungen , September 24, 2008
  3. ^ Information from the club of the title team
  4. ↑ Flyball ranking list Germany
  5. ↑ FCI: Circular: 39/2013. FCI Commission for Flyball ( Memento from September 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 83 kB).

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