How to make a flyball machine?

But I live in the Netherlands,
Does somebody know how to get one in the Netherlands?


dallygirl wrote:
> no but i know a company who makes them for £77 with £10 post and
> packaging. they call their product a mouse catapult as it will hold
> small soft toys.
> its www.justjumps.co.uk.
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On 13 Feb 2006 05:54:17 -0800, bartman1980 wrote:
> But I live in the Netherlands,
> Does somebody know how to get one in the Netherlands?

I have a german description for a flyballbox, which is not one of those
"backyard boxes" with a "tiny piece of wood" to step on.

> dallygirl wrote:
>> no but i know a company who makes them for £77 with £10 post and
>> packaging. they call their product a mouse catapult as it will hold
>> small soft toys.
>> its www.justjumps.co.uk.

Those kinds of catapults are not good from a ergonomic view and they are
not really safe. The dog has to perfom a full stop and to restart. Some of
those boxes are pretty dangerous to beginners, as dogs tend to grab the
ball directly from within the box, means from the catapult (sometimes it's
a bad *ouch*). The really "good and safe" flyballboxes I found (to buy),
were mostly made in Canada and they are not inexpensive :-).

The link posted by Rocky shows a much better version. However, I had some
problems translating this to german. Especially the material list and I
also were not eager to recalculate all inches to centimeters ;-).

If you would like to have a copy of the german manual (many pictures), just
drop me an email.

Bye
Marion
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There is a person in Germany that makes them. That'd be the closest that I
know of to you... Let me know if you are interested.

I agree with the others - unless you know what you are doing, building your
own flyball box can cause injury to a dog. You can build a turning board,
which has no moving parts, quite easily, but a box is entirely different.


Owned by 2 Border Collies:
Jett - "Dalheath Little Chief" Australian Flyball Dog Champion
Dash - "Dalheath Belle of Sorento" What's a ball???
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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:30:09 +1100, Jo Slade wrote:
> There is a person in Germany that makes them. That'd be the closest that I
> know of to you... Let me know if you are interested.

I am interested :-).
Who is it?

Bye,
Marion
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