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Agility

Agility is a dog sport in which a handler-dog team completes an obstacle course as quickly and cleanly as possible. Handling, timing, training, body language and a safely built course are central.

LevelMain sport FamilyAnimal sport CategoryDog sport

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Classification

Category Dog sport

Family Animal sport

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Agility is obstacle-course work for a handler-dog team with jumps, tunnels, contact obstacles and weave poles.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who want active dog training, timing practice and visible progress through small drills.

Cost 20-150 EUR for a class, leash, rewards and possible rental or club equipment. Club training, class fees and dog health determine ongoing costs. Dog-sport club or dog school with an agility group. Suitable training for dog and handler matters more than owning equipment.

First progress Short sequences can work after a few sessions; clean full courses take months.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

healthy motivated dog
leash and rewards
coach or club
safe course

First steps

refresh basic cues
find a beginner class
build contact and jump technique gradually
train short sequences

Dog-sport club, dog school or beginner agility class with a coach.

Train only with healthy dogs, scale heights and contact obstacles to age and add breaks.

Weitere Angaben

Tags animal, agility, animal-sport, dog-agility, tiersport, hundesport, dog-sport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Complete the set course with the dog in the required order safely, quickly and with few faults.

Teilnehmer

One handler-dog team per run.

Teamgröße

One dog and one handler.

Spielfeld

Agility course with jumps, tunnels, contact obstacles, weave poles and markers.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Faults and time determine placing; omissions, refusals or wrong order can cause penalties or disqualification.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

Agility obstacles, safe footing, leash/rewards in training and event-dependent start number.

Wichtige Regelpunkte

safety breach
course/rule breach
equipment breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI)

Agility: Get Started American Kennel Club · beginner-guide · high
Get More Involved in Dog Agility American Kennel Club · experience-guide · medium
Agility Federation Cynologique Internationale · federation · high