Obedience and agility require a dog to perform on command off leash.
Not exact matches
This breed is routinely used for:
obedience trialing, conformation showing, weight pull, Schutzhund (a German sport which
requires dogs to perform in
obedience, tracking
and protection phases of a competition),
agility,
and have even been known to participate in herding trials, search
and rescue work,
and a variety of other tasks including police
and armed services work.
She teaches puppy classes, beginner
obedience, level 2
obedience and agility classes, which
required over a year of volunteer mentoring before handling her own classes.
(
Obedience and agility titles
require that the dog achieve three qualifying scores in the novice level of competition; the tracking title is awarded after a single successful completion of a tracking test.)
Shelties love to please their owners
and greatly enjoy the higher level training
required for advanced
obedience and agility.
Agility: Prerequisite - Basic
Obedience (not
required to have been taken at Bark U.) This is for dogs 10 months
and up.
It is fair to say that almost any other canine activity (such as hunt tests, field trials,
agility, flyball, frisbee,
and freestyle
obedience)
requires the dog to first understand communication with its handler through basic
obedience commands.
They excel in advanced
obedience competition, where retrieving
and jumping skills are
required,
and in
agility (obstacle course) competitions, where they fly over
and under
and through the obstacles with a strength
and grace that is breathtaking to watch.
Many
agility classes
and clubs exist, as the sport has exploded in popularity in the past twenty years, but all experts agree that it is best to start with basic
obedience classes to begin developing the relationship
and bond
required to be successful at
agility.
Even if you have no desire to compete in canine sports, training your dog to learn
obedience,
agility, tricks, or tracking — anything that
requires your dog (
and you!)