We've been going through the Flyball training and it's been interesting. Our dog (Chani) is two years old and we went through all the obedience training first and then when she was old enough we started with Flyball. Backchaining the steps has sometimes been challenging - if we don't keep it interesting and moving quick she will go crazy, zooming around, trying to play with the other dogs (all non-boxers). But when it works, it is amazing! Don't plan on having your boxer win speed awards, but I have seen other boxers (and ours) do fairly well on the course, holding their own on a team. They'll never beat some of those border collies or jack russells, but man do they have fun!
As some people have said here, make sure your dog has a great recall with all kinds of distractions. I would also suggest having a great sit-stay. And then if you dog loves chasing the ball, learning how to hit the box with a swimmers' turn, going over jumps, passing, etc will be fun. Just change it up way more than the other dogs can handle. I don't know about your boxer, but mine gets bored easy once she gets it.
You can see video of her on a recall practice on our web site, with more videos being loaded (of our boxer and other dogs) this week.
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Does anyone have or know of any boxers involved with Flyball? My co-worker has a friend who runs a chapter and is willing to talk to her about Vega getting into it. (free training and what not) Vega has to wait till she is a year old but was just wondering if anyone has had experience with this.
http://www.flyball.org/