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A Kennel Club registered dog training club who offer sessions in Agility, Obedience & Flyball. WHAT IS AGILITY? WHAT IS FLYBALL?

Dog agility is something akin to Badminton horse trials, without the hooves! Whilst a modest level of fitness is taken for granted one does not have to be a Linford Christie or Sally Gunnel to take part in this sport. The aim of the sport is to guide your dog through a series of obstacles within a course time. The skill levels involved range from good obedience control for Starter Agility through to advanced commands at senior level. Opinion varies on the best way of training your dog for agility. Prestwick & District DTC uses motivational methods to encourage both handler and dog to achieve these aims. If the dog enjoys what it is doing it will want to learn more and the more a dog learns, the more it can learn. In general it is recognised that it takes about two years to train the dog and four or five years to train the handler! Flyball is a relay race with four dogs on a team. The course consists of a start/finish line, four hurdles spaced 10 feet apart, a box and a backboard. The first hurdle is 6 feet from the start/finish line and the box is 15 feet from the last hurdle. The backboard is placed 7 feet upwards behind the box. The dogs jump the hurdles and step on the spring loaded box that shoots out a tennis ball. The dog catches the ball and then returns over the 4 hurdles; when the dog crosses the start/finish line the next dog goes. The first team to have all 4 dogs run without errors wins the heat. Each heat consists of 2 teams in a knockout race.

05/10/2026

Well done to our Prestwick Flyball dog Nala who ran in singles at last weekend’s competition hosted by Lomond Flyball Club! She came second in her division with a fastest time of 4.76 🐾🎾

04/10/2026

Thank you & well done to everyone who came along to our Prestwick Flyball open day today! All dogs & handlers were amazing!

02/10/2026

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Prestwick Flyball is going from strength to strength 🐾

01/10/2026

We presented our Prestwick Flyball dogs Jasper, Lucy & Nala with a personalised photo frame to celebrate their 1000 points milestone! Thank you to Treemendous Creations for making these for us & to Perfect Stride Clinical Canine Massage for sponsoring the team which has allowed us to do this!

28/09/2026

Fancy trying flyball with your dog? Prestwick Flyball are holding an open day this Sunday & we still have a few spaces left! Please get in touch using one of the ways shown below 🐾🎾

26/09/2026

What a lovely day for racing! Our Prestwick Flyball dogs are at Lomond Flyball Club competition today.

23/09/2026

Here is a link to all the photos that Derek Young took at the Prestwick Flyball competition last month! They are amazing!

Photo collection by Derek Young Sports & Event Photography

22/09/2026

💛🖤AGILITY!!!💛🖤
Our waiting list for beginners agility is now open!!! 🤩
Please contact CAROLE through Messenger or text 07788951998 to register your interest.

Likely to be a Thursday night at Harperland dog runs in Dundonald.
Come and join a great team of people but most of all have fun with your dogs
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20/09/2026

Our Prestwick Flyball dogs have just finished their training session & are off to compete at Lomond Flyball Club competition at Errol next weekend!

Address

Foresters Hall, 46 New Road
Ayr
KA88EX

Website

https://www.prestwickanddistrictdtc.co.uk/

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