Is your dog the star of the dog park? Does he move like a speeding bullet? Jump like a jackrabbit? Then we have the perfect class for you!
We have added a new Agility class to our line up.
Agility Foundations will cover Start-Line stays, Front cross, Pinwheel, Rear cross prep with left & right spins, the Go out, 2×2 weaving, Jumping, Tunnel, Tire, Table, Targeting, and the starter board for teeter work. We focus on having safe fun as well as preparing for a future career in agility.
Definition of Agility from Wikipedia – Dog agility is a dog sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy. Dogs run off-leash with no food or toys as incentives, and the handler can touch neither dog nor obstacles. Consequently the handler’s controls are limited to voice, movement, and various body signals, requiring exceptional training of the animal and coordination of the handler.
In its simplest form, an agility course consists of a set of standard obstacles, laid out by an agility judge in a design of his or her own choosing on a roughly 100 by 100-foot (30 by 30 m) area that is made up of grass, dirt floors, or rubber mats, with numbers indicating the order in which the dog must complete the obstacles.
Courses are complicated enough that a dog could not complete them correctly without human direction. In competition, the handler must assess the course, decide on handling strategies, and direct the dog through the course, with precision and speed equally important. Many strategies exist to compensate for the inherent difference in human and dog speeds and the strengths and weaknesses of the various dogs and handlers.
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