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Many people today still do not know what Dog Agility Sport is. We will try to explain the sport in simple terms. On the left is an agility course consisting of an A-frame followed by a tunnel, a tyre jump, a see-saw, a dog walk, a winged jump and weaving poles. The handler and his dog work as a team. The dog is required to climb up the A-frame, run through the tunnel, jump through the tyre jump, walk on the see-saw, walk on the dog-walk, jump over the winged jump and weave in and out of the weaving poles. What will the handler do in the meantime? The handler has to command the dog using his voice and body language to negotiate the obstacles in the correct manner. The game is such- the team who clears the obstacles with NO faults and the fastest to reach the finishing line wins. In this example, the course is a simple one. The agility course increase in complexity from Basic Jumpers->Elementary->Novice->Open levels. Total number of obstacles are from a minimum of 16 to a maximum of 20 obstacles. Below is an example of a Novice Course. This sport is fun for both dogs and handlers. The sport was first introduced in England in 1978 in the Crufts Dog show. You can read more on the history and more details of dog agility in the Wikipedia- the free encyclopedia ( in other languages other than English) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_agility
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