Dog Sport Training for Fun and Competition
Agility
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 not touch their dog nor the obstacles.
The handler’s controls are limited to voice, movement, and various body signals, requiring exceptional training of the animal and coordination of the handler.
Agility Competition
An agility course consists of a set of standard obstacles laid out by a judge in a design of their own choosing in an area of a specified size.
The surface may be of grass, dirt, rubber, or special matting.
Depending on the type of competition, the obstacles may be marked with numbers indicating the order in which they must be completed.
Nosework
Nosework, also known as scent work or scent detection, is a dog sport where dogs use their incredible noses to detect a scent.
In the sport, one dog and one handler form a team where the dog must find a hidden target odour, often ignoring distractions such as food or toys, and alert the handler once the target odor is found. Target odours are essential oils such as wintergreen, pine etc
