About Us

Who are the Tassie Flying Paws Dog Club?

The Tassie Flying Paws Dog Club Inc. is a group of like-minded individuals who share a love of dogs of all breeds and undertaking dog sports with them. The Club became an incorporated association in 2016 and was prior to this date predominately a club where flyball was the only dog sport undertaken. Since then the Club has increased its offering of dog sports to Rally-O, Noseworks and Agility.

The Club is affiliated with the Australian Flyball Association for flyball and the Tasmanian Canine Association (known as “Tas Dogs”) for other dog sports.

There is weekly training for flyball and Rally-O while Noseworks training is run over 4-6 week blocks 4-5 times a year. At this stage Agility training will re-commence in early 2020 on a weekly basis. The number of handlers and dogs within the Club has been slowly increasing year on year with dogs either training in only one dog sport or multiple dog sports. We are fortunate that we have dedicated and different trainers for each sport.

The Tassie Flying Paws Dog Club evolved from Tassie Flying Paws Flyball Racing which was established in the early 2000’s. Since then changes to training locations and membership has seen the Club moved to its current location at the Pontville Recreation Ground since 2015.

Researching the AFA website reveals that the first flyball points earned by dogs competing under the team names of Tassie Flying Paws or Tassie Jack Jumpers was in 2005. 

The Club’s colours have changed from red to blue while the logo has changed to include the Club’s new name Tassie Flying Paws Dog Club Inc. to reflect that we are not a single dog sports club.

We plan on this Club existing for all current and future members for a long time into the future for the enjoyment of all, especially the dogs.