Once you have the money for start-up stuff, then there are other obstacles that depend on your level of knowledge about the sport and training dogs. For help in these areas there are some flyballers who will come to your area and put on seminars for a fee.

Larry’s blog here was one of the great free services that provided help and information and it will be very much missed.

v/r,
Linda

I understand completely the need for good information about flyball and the quest to find it on the web.

there are several good flyball blogs listed on the blogroll right here on The Flyball Blog. You can find them by scrolling up. They are in the left-hand column.

Also listed are some of the world’s Flyball Governing Bodies including the two that govern flyball in North America: NAFA & U-FLI. They are right underneath the blogroll.

Third, there is more general information listed on the left side column that are websites you can visit. My suggestion is to visit ALL the blogs, FGBs and flyball websites listed here and “favorite” the ones you find are the most helpful.

One more suggestion: If you are on Facebook, do a search for “flyball”. You will find tons of sources listed that have a Facebook account and they will help direct you to more sources of info and they give GREAT advice!

Hope that helps!

……chris

To Chris, great comments as always ).

To readers of the blog, thank you for your interest and for reading my thoughts put into words. I admit I had a lot to say and sometimes the truth and reality in flyball cannot be sugarcoated. The truth is not always butterflies and rainbows but is still worthwhile.

If what you want to read is only the good things about flyball and none of the things that need improvement, you can count on me to graciously and happily read your articles and cheer you on ).

v/r, Linda, contributing author

Stewie, I believe to the very bottom of my soul that we ALL have the right to disagree and that we can express ourselves in a manner that respects our right to disagree.

In other words, we should disagree without being disagreeable.

The problem is that there are too many of us that are so convinced we are “right”, we won’t even listen to someone with whom we “disagree”.
Respectfully, I disagree with you and I want the opportunity to set the record straight.

I am NOT hostile to all things NAFA-related. Quite the opposite, I am relentless in my pursuit of fairness.

I am aware (because I have witnessed it) that there are individuals who serve NAFA who have used (abused) their positions within NAFA to “punish” certain Clubs and certain individuals for political reasons. I am also aware that some refuse to believe this in spite of being presented with “compelling evidence”.

In fact, there are flyball players that believe that individuals who serve in NAFA Leadership have the right to do whatever they want/desire because they serve us. NAFA Leadership is not required to act “fairly” and it’s OK to set aside the rules.

I LOVE NAFA! …and, I really hate the way individuals serving in NAFA Leadership totally destroyed Region 1 for reasons due to selfishness and political animosity.

Before you defend them, keep in mind that these individuals knew exactly what the outcome of their actions would be, knew that their behavior did not conform to NAFA’s Rules and went forward anyway.

The result is a devastated region. Don’t believe me? Check the NAFA database and compare tournament sanctioning in the year 2008 and then each year following that. Also compare teams entering NAFA events that were hosted. Last year was the worst turnout because playing NAFA just isn’t fun anymore.

I want NAFA to return to its former “glory” in Region 1. I really do! ..but, for that to happen, players who occupy positions high up in the NAFA organization need to stop abusing their positions within NAFA, treat all other NAFA players (their competitors on the racing lanes) fairly and follow the rules!

I cannot “hi-jack” anything and this blog is STILL very cool and informative. Instead of trying to place “blame”, why not work to save it?

Chris VanWert,

contributing author, The Flyball Blog

“It’s Just an Opinion” (personal blog)
Editor, “Flyball Today” livestream channel, WordPress blog and weekly paper.li

Would it be possible to replicate some of these articles on another webpage, or have permission to post them directly on a page in my blog? It would be a shame to lose these resources due to the blog closing down.

I especially love the comment about not reaching out. Not counting me, there have been at least 10 different authors on this blog and I have reached out plenty. There are not that many people that want to put themselves out there.

I recommend that if there is something you want from this site you get it by this June.

I appreciate all you have tried to do with The Flyball Blog and I hope you are wrong on one small point: I really hope that The Flyball Blog does NOT fade into obscurity. There is so much GOOD information in the archives from past articles that it will be a valuable resource for people searching for information about flyball on the web for many years to come.

So, tell us you plan to let The Flyball Blog remain on the web so those who are looking for information on dog training, health and fitness, and topics of interest to all in the flyball community can find it here.

Thank you and good luck on your future endeavors.

Chris VanWert,

contributing author, The Flyball Blog

“It’s Just an Opinion” (personal blog)
Editor, “Flyball Today” livestream channel, WordPress blog and weekly paper.li