He has recently retired to do Pet Therapy, another career that will take advantage of his joyful attitude and constantly wagging tail. Typical lane setup Flyball is a relay race that has four dogs on a team. The course consists of a starting line, four hurdles spaced 10 feet apart, and a flyball box. The first hurdle is six feet from the start line. The flyball box is 15 feet from the last hurdle, which gives you a 51 foot overall length.
Dogs jump the hurdles and step on a spring loaded flyball box that shoots out a tennis ball.
The dog then catches the tennis ball and runs back over the four hurdles. When the dog crosses the starting line, the next dog on the team gets to go. The first team to have all four dogs run without errors wins the heat. Tournaments are organized in either a double elimination or round robin foramt. Double elimination is usually best of three races or best of five races.