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All About Agility

Agility Definition by Wikipedia - (click for full description)

"Dog agility is a sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy. Dogs must run off-leash with no food or toys as incentives. The handler can touch neither dog nor obstacles, except accidentally. Consequently, the handler's controls are limited to voice, movement, and various body signals, requiring exceptional training of the animal.

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 own choosing on a roughly 100 by 100 foot (30 by 30 m) area, 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."

Reference: Dog agility. (2008, March 6). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:26, March 30, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dog_agility&oldid=196363768

Frequently Asked Questions about Agility

How to check AKC Legs and MACH points

Go to www.akc.org/store/index.cfm.
Click on Points and Awards.
Create a login and password.
Click on "Search by registration number or breed & name"
Enter your dog's information. Click on the results to add your dog to this
page.
Click on "Points/Summary of the Title Progression for this dog".
This will bring up a screen with legs earned at each level and, for
Excellent B,
MACH points earned. You may view or print this for no charge.
Please note that points and legs are usually posted about 1 month after a
trial.

Search for AKC Trials and Results

Go to www.akc.org/events/search/ .
To look for upcoming trials, choose "From Today Forward" under "Time Range".
To look for past trials and results, choose the period you are looking for.
(Note that results are not posted for three to four weeks after a trial).
Under "Competition Type", scroll down to "Agility".
Choose the state(s) you are searching. To choose multiple states, hold down
the control key as you click the states.
Click on "Search Events".
This will bring up a listing of all trials (by day) in your time frame. You
will have to check each day of a trial separately.
When you pull up a future trial, it will give you information about that
trial, and a link to show the judges for each class.
When you click on a past trial, scroll down to "View Event Results". This
will bring up a list of classes by level and height. Click on your Standard
class to see the qualifiers. Then scroll down to the JWW class to see the
qualifiers in that.
You will have to click "Back" about four times to get back to the list of
trials to check on the results for another day. Repeat as needed!
 

How to find events

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Obstacles:

A-Frame, Dog Walk, Teeter Totter(see saw), Table, Single Bar Jumps, Double Bar Jumps, Triple Bar Jumps, Broad Jump, Panel Jump, Tire Jump, Open Tunnel, Chute (closed tunnel), Weave Poles