what's her breeding? If she,s working they tend to be more agile than their show / pet counterparts

She is from working lines and is pretty nippy round the field.

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Ian

Sylvestris Kennels - Pedigree Labrador Breeders
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
www.sylvestriskennels.co.uk

Of course they are, Labs are the best at anything

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RIP all my babies.
Monty LabxGSD 1972-1982
Jody Black Lab1982-1999
KizzyLabx Goldie 1983-1994
Larry Yellow Lab 1985-1993
Charlie Black Lab 1986 -1997
Ben Yellow Lab 1985-1999
Pud Choc Lab 1989-2003
Bridgit Black Lab 1991-2004
Floss Yellow Lab1992-2006
Millie Yellow Lab1994-2010
My boy Ted, my first my last my everything.Golden Retriever 1/8/98-28/6/2011

At our dog group theres 2 labradors which are on the display team which do both agility and flyball as long as they have a keen interest in tennis balls and come back to you then they should be fine

our black lab Millie does agility and flyball and has done demonstrations for the dogclub. she picked up flyball straight away (she is obsessed by her tennis ball). she is also very quick, at our xmas dogclub party she came second in the speed recall, beating quite a few border collies. the other lab max is more solidly built and not so speedy, he tries bless him but is a bit of a lump!!!

I go to a fair amount off Country shows where there is fly ball comps and off the top of my head I cannot recall seeing labs - but that dont meant to say they couldn't do it.

I run a flyball club and we have loads of labs that come and they are usually very good although take a bit longer to focus in the first place but once they understand what to do there is no stopping them. Flyball is great as all teams are 'seeded' on the time they raced in there last 3 tournaments so you always race teams who do times that are about the same as yours so although a lab may not be the fastest they can be just as competitive. Also there are loads of multibreed tournaments througout the year and every dog in the team has to be a different breed for those (only one cross breed alolowed) Check out the British Flyball Association website and look at the breed analysis and you will see there are loads of labs and Woody who is top lab of all time has 50,889 points! that gives him his saphire award. Only 19 dogs in the UK have this award and only 11 are collies so the rest are 'other breeds'

Thanks for all your encouragement.

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Ian

Sylvestris Kennels - Pedigree Labrador Breeders
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
www.sylvestriskennels.co.uk