Norwest Thunderdogs

The Norwest Thunderdogs Flyball Dog Club in NSW, Australia.

Flyball is a canine team sport which is founded on the activities that dogs love to do – run, jump, fetch, and retrieve. It consists of a relay race between two teams of four dogs. Each dog must jump over four hurdles, retrieve a ball by triggering a flyball box and then return over the hurdles to the start /finish line. The team that has the fastest time with the least amount of errors wins that race.

The Norwest Thunderdogs Flyball Club was founded in 2004 and is now one of the largest Flyball clubs in Australia. The club has enjoyed many successes including almost 20 National Championship Titles and is home to some of the fastest Flyball dogs in Australia. In fact, the Norwest Thunderdogs currently hold the Australia record for the fastest time of 16. 394 seconds - beating NINE previous records since 2007, also held by the Thunderdogs.

The Norwest Thunderdogs Flyball Club train at Castle Hill every Tuesday and take a limited amount of beginners each year. Almost every dog can be trained in Flyball and it takes on average 12 months to train a dog to competition level. The Norwest Thunderdogs are proud to use positive reinforcement training techniques and use treats and toys to train our dogs. If anyone is interested in learning more how to get started with Flyball, visit www. flyball.org. au or message our facebook page.