In flyball, it’s all about the Box Loader

June 22nd, 2009 by whitney claire | 0

I’ve already written a couple of posts about flyball, the high-adreneline team sport for dogs that my husband and I are completely addicted to. If you’re not familiar with flyball, I would go check out my posts on “What is this thing you call flyball?” and “A Day in the Life of a Flyball Dog”. In all fairness, I probably glossed over the most important job around, that of the Box Loader.

First of all, the part where the dog jumps on the spring loaded box and a tennis ball pops out which they catch in their mouth really can’t happen without the Box Loader. I know that it’s hard for y’all to believe this, but the tennis balls do not magically appear in the spring loaded box, nor is it a contraption like the auto-pitching machines that are used in baseball training. Nope, there is a dude (or …

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