Flyball Titles & Awards

Titles & Iron Dog Award

NAFA recognizes dogs for earning flyball points through sanctioned racing. Dogs may earn regular titles, multibreed titles, and special recognition such as the Iron Dog Award.

Iron Dog Award

At CanAm 2011, Executive Director Lee Heighton unveiled the NAFA Iron Dog Award.

A NAFA Iron Dog is a dog that has earned at least one NAFA point in ten consecutive racing years. Iron Dog plaques are issued annually after the end of each NAFA racing year.

For all qualifying active status dogs, meaning dogs that have earned a point in the last 18 months, they will automatically receive their Iron Dog plaque.

For qualifying inactive, retired, or deceased dogs, NAFA will be honored to provide a plaque for those special dogs. Those plaques are issued only by request through the online form.

Plaques for qualifying active dogs are mailed to the Regional Directors for distribution. Plaques issued by special request are also mailed to the Regional Directors unless a request has been made to mail the plaque directly to the requestor.

How Points Are Earned

Each time a team races in a NAFA sanctioned flyball tournament with a recorded time under 24 seconds, each dog racing in that heat receives 25 points toward a flyball title.

If the recorded time is under 28 seconds, each dog racing in that heat receives 5 points.

If the recorded time is under 32 seconds, each dog racing in that heat receives 1 point.

Point Summary

Under 24 seconds: 25 points
Under 28 seconds: 5 points
Under 32 seconds: 1 point

Regular Titles

Regular Title Awards

Regular titles are earned by accumulating NAFA regular points.

Points Earned in Regular	Title Awarded	Certificate	Pin	Plaque
20	FD - Flyball Dog	Yes	No	No
100	FDX - Flyball Dog Excellent	Yes	No	No
500	FDCh - Flyball Dog Champion	Yes	No	No
1,000	FDCh-S - Flyball Dog Champion-Silver	Yes	No	No
2,500	FDCh-G - Flyball Dog Champion-Gold	Yes	No	No
5,000	FM - Flyball Master	Yes	Yes	No
10,000	FMX - Flyball Master Excellent	Yes	Yes	No
15,000	FMCh - Flyball Master Champion	Yes	Yes	No
20,000	ONYX	No	Yes	Yes
30,000	FGDCh - Flyball Grand Champion	No	Yes	Yes
40,000	Pin Awarded	No	Yes	Yes
50,000-90,000	Pin and Plaque Awarded	No	Yes	Additional plate every 10,000 points
100,000	Hobbes Award	No	Yes	Yes

Title patches for the above titles can be purchased from your local regional contact.

Multibreed Titles

Multibreed Title Awards

When a team races in the Multibreed Class, the dogs also earn an equal number of multibreed points. Multibreed points are not earned by performance teams. Multibreed titles and awards are earned as detailed in the table below.

Points Earned in Regular	Title Awarded	Certificate	Pin	Plaque
20	MBD - Multibreed Dog	Yes	No	No
100	MBDX - Multibreed Dog Excellent	Yes	No	No
500	MBDCh - Multibreed Dog Champion	Yes	No	No
1,000	MBDCh-S - Multibreed Dog Champion-Silver	Yes	No	No
2,500	MBDCh-G - Multibreed Dog Champion-Gold	Yes	No	No
5,000	MBM - Multibreed Master	Yes	Yes	No
10,000	MBMX - Multibreed Master Excellent	Yes	Yes	No
15,000	MBMCh - Multibreed Master Champion	Yes	Yes	No
20,000	MB ONYX	No	Yes	Yes
30,000	MBGDCh - Flyball Grand Champion	No	Yes	Yes
40,000	Pin Awarded	No	Yes	No
50,000	Pin and Plaque Awarded	No	Yes	No
60,000+	No additional titles	No	No	No

Honorary Titles

Honorary Title Request Form

Honorary title requests may be submitted using the Honorary Title Request Form.

Honorary Title Request Form