The Border Collie Club has been training flyball for over a decade.  The equipment has changed, the training methods have changed but the dogs enthusiasm for the game has always remained the same!

In 1991 the Border Collie Club fielded it's first competitive flyball team:  The Valley Jets.  Twelve years later, a very enthusiastic group of flyballers re-established the Border Collie Club team under the name Quick Release.

Valley Jets

 
With the old Flyball box (or trap), the dog had to push a pedal with it's paw and then wait for the ball to fly through the air while the dog waited to catch it.
 Needless to say, the old box wasn't really dog friendly...

 

Rio FMX - Burnin' Rubber

Jake ONYX - FBI
Flyball boxes and the style of training have changed dramatically in the past decade.  The boxes have become larger and the ball is fired out by an internal mechanism which is much less likely to injure the dog.
Training methods have also changed drastically.  Dogs are encouraged to not come to a dead stop at the box and press the pedal with a paw.  They are taught to jump on the box with all four paws and push off in what is called a swimmer's turn.  This method is much kinder on the dogs joints, especially the shoulders.

 
 
The Border Collie puts on several demonstrations a year and flyball is definitely a crowd favorite!
Watch for our flyball demos at the Central Experimental Farm's Sheep Shearing Festival in May.

 

Summer 2003
We encourage members to come out and join the flyball fun on training nights during the summer.  We do however insist that dogs be kept under control and on leash until they have proven themselves reliable amongst all the 'Flyball Chaos'.
The 2003 Quick Release Flyball team at their first tournament in Belleville (May 2003)


 

Summer 2004 Flyball Training at the Experimental Farm

(l-r Judy with Arrow, Christine & Joe with Finnigan, Steve with Sally, Sandra with Laika, Lynne with Scully, Donna (standing), Pat with Rev, Julie with Skyler, Denine with Molly)

 

 
Skye FM - Quick Release
 Sofy FM - Quick Release
Mattie FMX - FBI
Flare FMX - Burnin' Rubber
Blur FDGCh - Burnin' Rubber
REM ONYX - Burnin' Rubber
Dawson FM - Extreme Envy
Yuri FM - Quick Release
Keen FDCh - Quick Release

Rev FM - Quick Release

Holly FM - FBI

Harper FDCh - Quick Release

Darla FDCh - Extreme Envy Skye FDCh - Extreme Envy Piper FMX - Burnin Rubber
Molly FDCh - Extreme Envy Hali FDCh-G - Burnin' Rubber Chime ONYX - Afterburners/ Burnin' Rubber
Arrow FDCh - Quick Release Scully FDCh-S - Quick Release Sally FDChG

Local Flyball Teams

FlyBall Insanity

Quick Release

Extreme Envy

 

Paws On Fire

Burns Burnin' Rubber

 

Flyball Information
North American Flyball Association
Flyballdogs.com