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Flyball is a fast and exciting relay racing team sport for dogs, dog handlers and on looking spectators.
A flyball team consists of four main dogs, their handlers, a boxloader person, and one or two alternate
dogs with handlers.
The sport is not limited to any one breed of dog, with both papered pedigrees and mixed breeds
competing.
In competition, two flyball teams compete against each other on two lanes. They race down 51 feet
and back 51 feet, 15 feet apart. These lanes contain four jumps set at exact distances apart, and at
the far end is a "Flyball Box". A flyball box, is a box set up in a way that when a dog steps on it,
a tennis ball is released and sent flying out. Hence, the name "Flyball".
For information on events in your area and around the world:
http://www.flyballdogs.com
http://www.flyball.com
http://www.flyball.org
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