How do you explain dog agility?

Lonnie Reinger
2025-07-13 00:30:51
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Agility is a dog sport, where the dog is handled through an obstacle course. Agility is a sport for you and your dog, and like any sport, can be trained and competed in at different levels. It can be a nice hobby for you and your dog or you can compete more seriously at top-level international competitions – still not forgetting to have fun. Agility can be practiced with all kinds of dogs, no matter what the size. Agility competition courses include about twenty different obstacles: jumps, tunnels, weave poles and contact obstacles the dog scrambles over. During the course the handler cannot touch the dog, nor the obstacles. The goal is to complete the course without faults and as fast as possible. At its best, dog agility is a seamless cooperation between dog and handler – it appears that they are one. The dog is directed to the correct running lines by the handler using the right body language.
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