canine agility

[evenifigoalone]

Canine agility...is actually a sport for dogs, believe it or not. There are actually several sports for dogs, including conformation ("dog shows"), obedience, rally-O (rally obedience; like obedience but with a twist), disc dog (Frisbee), flyball, and even dock jumping.

It's done on a competition level, but you can also do it just for fun.
I used to want to get my dogs into agility competition, and used to have them run courses at home. I still would like to do that one day, but I don't have the time right now and have been pursuing other interests anyway. Plus I don't think my current dog is cut out for competition purposes, though he does fine at home.

Anyways, thought I'd show off a bit on what I can do with my dog, even if it's not the best example there is.

So, here's a couple videos of my dog doing/learning agility:
[video=youtube;0vOmedscs_4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vOmedscs_4&list=UUnSS3_rserGl-XVWFIewgLw&index=21&feature=plpp_video[/video]
[video=youtube;m2Zns4E4U_8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Zns4E4U_8&list=UUnSS3_rserGl-XVWFIewgLw&index=15&feature=plpp_video[/video]

I haven't practiced with him in forever, though. If I ever want to get back into it I'll probably need to start over with teaching him the weave poles.



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[Gordon]

Cool hobby. You need someone to hold the camera for the first one though. It made me a little dizzy.

 

[Classik]

I saw something like a huge human face at the top right side of the baby forest. :shocked.

 

[Aardverk]

Great stuff. Keep it up, it's good for you and the dog.

Many years ago I used to take one of my dogs, a Dalmation, to agility classes. He was pretty good at it and loved the see-saw, 'A'-frame, table etc. It was great taking him to the vet and have him jump up onto the examination table on command.

The problem was, I just could not cure him of stopping in the middle of the tunnel for a pee!