Agility-Flyball dogs--

[Amber]

What types of dogs can do these activitys? Probably any dog could but is there any certain size or something?

[Foam]

For agility there are certain classes and groups for the size of the dog.
The jumps depend o nthe dogs hawk (spelling?) height, which is the height from the ground to the dog's shoulders, and every dog competintg in that range will compete on that set course.
Mutts, and dogs of every size can compete in agility.
Why? Is Katie becoming a performance dog?

[Amber]

haha, I wish! :P

I was watching a t.v. show on Flyball and Agility and it looks like fun!

[Foam]

Ahh I see. Yes it is very fun!

[Crikit]

It doesn't really matter on the type of the dog any dog can do both sports as long as they have the will to do it. However some breeds do have a few more problems doing agility because of their bone structure or size so they lower the jumps and other pieces of equipment for them.

Oh and Foam when finding the dogs jump height they actually measure the dog at the withers which is the middle of the dogs shoulder blades at the base of the neck.

[binka_nugget]

Fun sports, we tried out flyball and I'd love to try it again if I find another club. Border collies, shelties, papillons and jacks seem to be really popular in flyball and agility...some breeds are more flyball/agility suitable but it depends on the individual dog. I know Kai would love agility but I'm not so sure he liked flyball. Vice versa for kaedyn..he loved flyball but I'm not sure he'd like agility much.

[cali]

for flyball as long as the dog is not so small that it cant jump 8 inches quickly then the smaller the better! but for what breeds are good, that would be border collies, aussies, shelties, some jacks, and border jacks are some of the best. inner drive has a little black border jack and man o man can that dog RUN.

[Amber]

Ive been doing some research on Flyball sounds like fun! I wanna do it, but it requiers a dog. lol Katie couldnt do it, I think

[cocker_luva]

nope, any breed (or mixed) any size, and color. doesnt matter.

[cali]

but these things DO matter cocker_luva, if they dog is to small it cant safley jump the hights requred in flyball, structer also matters, if say they have bad shoulders, or some other problem of the sort they can hurt themselves, body type matters because agility and flyball require a lot of jumping, a bulky dog will have more problems then a thin narrow dog, because the bulky dog has a lot more pressure placed on there shoulders when they jump. I longer muzzle is better because they need to be able to breath very well, that much running and jumping is exuasting, and the dog needs to be able to keep good air flow. these things are not for the purpose of the dog being the best or anything, its all for the safty of the dog, preformance bred dogs have there structurs evaluted several times through puppy hood to make sure that the sports wont cause then problems or injury.

[Amber]

Do you think JRT are good for flyball?

[cali]

that depnd totally on the dog, some JRTs are great for flyball and some are horrable for it. you need a very leegy jack for flyball, and shorter legged one will get nowhere because they just cant keep up, its to hard for them to keep going 5 or more times in a row. (more in the case of false starts) however a nice leggy jack is in most cases great for flyball.

[tikeyas_mom]

what about bullterrier and siberian huskies??

[Crikit]

bull terriers would have difficulties with both sports due to the stocky build. Normally dogs who have the stiff legs in the front tend to have problems jumping. I'm not saying a bull terrier couldn't do it but it would be more of a challenge physically for it, also some terriers can be a little harder to train for agility because of their stubborn nature.

As for Huskies it all depends on the husky really, the biggest problem with huskies is keeping the motivated and focused. Depending on the husky they'll either want to work with you and love the game or they'll humor you for a while and then decide that they've had enough and to put it bluntly give you the doggie dew claw.

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by Crikit
bull terriers would have difficulties with both sports due to the stocky build. Normally dogs who have the stiff legs in the front tend to have problems jumping. I'm not saying a bull terrier couldn't do it but it would be more of a challenge physically for it, also some terriers can be a little harder to train for agility because of their stubborn nature.

As for Huskies it all depends on the husky really, the biggest problem with huskies is keeping the motivated and focused. Depending on the husky they'll either want to work with you and love the game or they'll humor you for a while and then decide that they've had enough and to put it bluntly give you the doggie dew claw.

hahah you are soo right!!! . i will never be able to enter in any fun sports with my doggies .. meh . o well i love my stuborn silly clownish dogs !!! mwahaha.