Workshop

Intro to Flyball 4-hour WORKSHOP – great for your ball loving dog!

We held a workshop in July 2025 and one every year leading up to Covid in 2020. Workshops are designed to introduce dogs and handlers to a new sport. They are perfect for someone who has never done any dog sports or someone who has but wants to try flyball for the first time. Seattle FlyDogs’ training focuses on recall, retrieval, hurdle jumping, and having a blast with your dog. We are a recreational and performance club. Although many of our dogs compete, Seattle FlyDogs’ training is not specific to Competition Flyball. We meet every week as a club who just wants to have fun with our dogs! Read our Mission!

When: TBA 2026!
Where: French Creek Pet Resort, Enclosed and Covered Arena
Surface: Dirt
Cost: $120 – Coffee, Water, Lunch, and Snacks Included. Everyone who participates receives a goody bag and a coupon for Fall Classes.

We teach all breeds, all speeds, how to play Flyball! How long will it take to be a FlyDog? Some dogs learn faster than others. Be patient! Stick with it! Earn Your Seattle FlyDogs Titles: ReadyDog, MightyDog, HotDog, and SuperDog in a Day! Introductory instruction by our Seattle FlyDogs team.

1. Read all Requirements here.

2. Fill out this Questionnaire.

3. Seattle FlyDogs will contact you to confirm you are allowed to PAY based on this Pre Assessment Questionnaire. A link will be provided to you at that time. Your payment confirms your slot. Your payment confirms your slot. Your payment confirms your slot.

4. Please be sure you are ready for this awesome workshop before you pay.  Please read the criteria one more time: https://www.seattleflydogs.com/lesson-requirements/.

 

WORKSHOP STRUCTURE

The workshop space will be divided into 4 fenced sections. There will be up to 5 dogs on leash in each fenced section. 1 dog will be off leash at the same time in each section.
  • 11:30am: Check-in, Section Assignment
  • Noon: Behavior Assessment
  • 1pm: Lessons
    • Moving Ball Fetch Drills & Recall – no hurdles
    • Toward Box, Dead Ball Retrieval Drills 1 hurdle (please bring a recall toy, tug, or high value treat). This includes running or light jogging.
    • Away from Box, Recall over 4 Hurdles (no ball) (please bring a recall toy, tug, or high value treat). This includes running or light jogging.
    • 2pm-2:30: Break and Snacks
  • 2:30pm: Lessons
    • Box Introduction for Sound, Smell, and Touch
    • Flat Ramp (in front of box) Dead Ball Retrievals with 1 hurdle (working on recall and contact with turning)
    • Elevated Ramp (on box) Dead Ball Retrievals with 2 hurdles (working on recall and contact with turning)
    • Introduction to Box Trigger
  • 3:30pm: Putting it all together! Are you a ReadyDog? MightyDog? A HotDog? Or a SuperDog? Any level is welcome to take lessons in our club. Those who complete additional training in the fall could graduate to FlyDog!
  • 4pm Awards, Goody Bags and Q&A
Address: French Creek Pet Resort, 9504 171st Ave SE, Snohomish, WA 98290
 
 

REFUNDS:

This is a limited space workshop. You may cancel your paid slot for a full refund, if we receive the request by June 30. The wait list will be then used to fill the open slot.
 
Our preassessment questionnaire and requirements should help you decide if you are ready. At the event, in the first 30 minutes, we do the in-person behavior assessment.
 
Most flyball dogs bark and come with other annoying traits! And many new flyball dogs refuse the ball in new spaces. IT IS OK! Behaviors like zoomies, barking at the air, annoying jumping, are OK! You will still PASS! Even not wanting the ball can still be a PASS. Dogs are dogs and we don’t require they be 100% obedient quiet pooches. 
 
Failing our in person assessment is rare since you are reading the requirements and filling out the questionnaire. But, it could happen if your dog has undesirable reactivity behaviors to other dogs that are off leash, on leash, playing with toys, receiving treats, humans running, balls flying, barking, hats, birds, horses, and other loud noises. If you are worried, then listen to your instincts, but feel free to reach out to us through the web site and we can discuss ahead of time.
 
Dogs that fail the IN PERSON assessment will not be able to continue in class, but the handler may stay and audit and a 50% refund will be given. If you choose to leave and not audit, the refund is still provided at 50%. All refund decisions beyond what is represented here is at the discretion of the Seattle FlyDogs.
 

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Independent Affiliates guided by our mission, values, and have been granted exclusive rights to use our property while adhering to the aforementioned: Bend FlyDogs, Boise FlyDogs, Snohomish FlyDogs.