Ari was adopted by Deborah from the humane society in Lacey, WA in 2001 at 3 months old. He was found running around a hospital parking lot covered in paint. He has always had a desire to please  and playing with tennis balls, which was a good start for being a flyball dog. Ari began his flyball training at 4 years old and competed in his first tournament with his handler, Ben, about a year later. He is the tallest dog on the team, but that doesn't stop him from improving his box turn and speed. Being on the Jet City Jumpers has helped Ari become more comfortable with strangers handling him and being around dogs. Other than flyball his favorite things to do are play frisbee, pull sticks out of rivers and be next to his humans.

Ari is mostly retired and enjoys socializing during flyball tournaments rather than racing.