Flyball Prospect

You see it all the time, Great Flyball Prospect in need of home.  So what is a Great Flyball Prospect?  Just recently on the Flyball Forum there was an excellent discussion about this very topic.  The initial questions were related to how someone working in a shelter would know a good Flyball prospect if they saw one and what shelters/rescuers can do to help place dogs that may do better in a Flyball homes.   What followed were some great answers and I just touch on them here but I invite you to the Flyball Forum to see the complete topic.

Most people outside of Flyball have the mistaken attitude that Flyball is “not exactly a challenge for the dog” and many hyper dogs that are not good enough for anything else get labeled as a “Flyball prospect.”

New people and other outsiders think that Flyball is easy.  After all, all the dogs need to do is like tennis balls, run over a few jumps, and retrieve a ball.  How hard can that be?  This is one that I encounter all the time.  Others think that just because the dog is hyper they will do well in Flyball.  Well, some do and some don’t.  I think Laura from Heads or Tails hit it right on the nose when she said, “I truly believe that the best Flyball candidate is not so much the dog as the owner.”  I couldn’t agree more.

I invite you all to the Flyball Forum and welcome your views on this intriguing topic.  You will find it under Flyball in the Flyball Forum section.

Larry

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