flyball times

[zingi]

hi what times (one there own ) have your dogs runin flyball

jane

[Jetstream]

Jet's all time PB over full height is 4.29s...generally though she does about 4.4-4.5s.

The world record holder is Moose the whippet from Spring loaded at 3.59 for NAFA (USA Organisation) and for UFLI (the other USA organisation), it's Jack-Jack (also a whippet) 3.626. Go the whippets!!

In the UK, you don't see many dogs running under4s, and those that do are regarded as some of the fastest in the country.

Times obviously vary on the size of the dog etc, but there are some cracking height dogs out there now running very low 4s/sub 4, main two examples being Lizzy from Bassets, Dodgy from Shooting Stars. :D

Will shut up now lol!

[MadMerle]

Cai's best recorded time is 4.2 seconds but he normally runs around 4.5 - 4.8 seconds in the winter. I cant wait for summer as he is much fitter then and im hoping to get him sub 4 seconds but the end of the season runningdog

[zingi]

ohh very quick times were are not as quick had not thought of being slower in winter are they quicker outdoors than indoors i only started competing in Oct so am very new

jane

[Jetstream]

A lot of it depends on the dog! We have a spaniel that runs 5.5-6.0s in our 4th team when she's outdoors, when she gets inside she's 5.0-5.3s. However then we have dogs of the other extreme who slow down dramatically.

On the whole, I would say that times are generally slower indoors, but I think it's just because the surface is different to what they are used to. All the world records and scary-fast US teams race indoors, so it can be done. A lot of the fast dogs have been known to burn their pads whilst running indoors, we have people at our club refuse to run on matting.

I also think that stamina and fitness probably comes into it. In the winter, teams generally compete about once a month. However in Summer, if you wanted to (especially up here where Owlers and West Riding are) you could compete every single weekend. We don't tend to do that, more like 2/3 a month, but it really gets them racing fit. The fastest times on the BFA standings seem to peak around July/August.

Hope this helps a bit.... :D

[ttc546]

There is a young lady from the Bristol Ballistics whose dog is without doubt the fastest I have ever seen. I have box judged their team a few times and it is simply awesome to watch. Her dog is quite tall (collie) and she seems to keep the body flat across the whole distance and just touch the legs down when needed. The box turn is in the blink of an eye. Wish I knew what times her dog runs at.

[WarFlyball]

I reckon you must mean Nat with Asher - a very pretty smooth coated tri merle. I think she runs under 4 seconds...

[ttc546]

Yes, that sounds like her!

[char]

Lol Nat wouldnt be happy calling Asher a girl, hehe!

I've trained em in agility - so fast its scary!!!

[WarFlyball]

Whoops, I really should know better - people always do that to mine and he is a smooth tri merle too! (Not as fast as Asher though runningdog )

[walliecollie]

I have read this post with great interest. As a very new newcomer to Flyball, (Tizzy has had one training session and is now in season , grrr), I am just amazed at these times.
Me thinks there is going to be a lot more training than I thought, at least Tizzy has the enthusiasm if nothing else yet.

[kristiansson]

Asher is an amazing dog, he is just so keen and is a sub 4 second dog. He was with my Badger in pairs at the British Championships which they won with 8.25sec. Badger usually clocks around 4.1 over full height but last summer he was recorded doing a 3.94 second over 14. Dooley doesn't really have the Flyball drive but he still enjoys it. He just likes to do it in his own time, but hey that's Dooley I wouldn't want him any other way. His personal best was 5.46 seconds lol

[Jetstream]

Lol that does sound like the amazing Asher :D He's one awesome dog...can't wait until he takes on the agility world!

I think he did 3.86s in a singles comp? Not sure what height though. runningdog

[Nat]

Hiya, I've just joined and come across this topic so wanted to thank you for your kind comments about my Asher :D :wub:

[Canis-Lupess]

Hello all.

I see all these dogs with mega fast times and I wonder how long it took before they got that fast or were they always that fast?
I have two, one only been open for a couple of months and the other still in starters. The open one is getting around 5 seconds now, started off at 5 and a halfish a couple of months ago and isn't too bad on the box...and she's 20 months old. She only ran one starters comp indoors in January and was unable to run anymore due to paw injuries, season, lack of starter dogs in our club and tournaments for starters etc...
The other one is faster over the hurdles but crap on the box which I am trying to work on. I know she clocked a 4.9 in the have a go at dogs unleashed in July and she's about to turn 18 months. If she had a better turn, no doubt that would shave quite a bit of time off that.