Friday, March 05, 2010

Dog Agility - Other fascinating from Dog Competition

Dog agility, what is it? Dog agility is a different type of dog competitions across the world. Dog agility competition involving unleashed dogs have to run through a series of obstacles without any blunder. Being a proponent of competition, the dog should be no errors and have a high speed in getting through the course. Owners or handlers of the dogs are prevented from doing anything but yelling out or do something gesture to give their dog run faster through the course of obstacles. They can also run behind their dogs. 

Dog agility courses are filled with various obstacles such as tunnels and ladders. Courses are often about one hundred by one hundred meters, and the obstacles are numbered to show the sequence that the dogs have to complete. 

Complicated Courses

Dog agility courses are usually designed to be complicated and is usually too hard to be completed by the dogs without coaching from their desk. Owners need to analyze the process and develop a strategy to make their dogs run rapidly through the course without making any mistakes. Using a map of the course are allowed to help owners improve their strategy for the dog agility competition. 

Scoring Technique 

It is accustomed to the dog only to have a chance to complete the course throughout the race. While the dog quickly run through the course owner of the dog is generally run behind their dog gives out commands. Dog received a score is based on the number of errors, it did throughout his run through the dog agility course. 

In dog agility, there are some sentences that will be given to dogs if they do some violations. If the dogs make some blunder, which struck down a bar or not to drive through the obstacles that the dogs will also be punished. Further, dogs will also be punished with time error if you take too much time in passing through obstacles. Some factors to take into account the amount of allotted time is the level of course difficulty, the level of dog agility competition and other factors. 

In conclusion, the dog agility contest is not only an entertainment for owners of dogs and also the spectators, but also many others. Competition may also challenge the dog owners and dog handlers to prove how much they cooperate with each other, how far their training and performance, and how far they could handle their stressful situation, with many spectators. Do you want to show how determined you are with your dog? Probably you can participate in this competition and show you and your dog's ability.

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