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FUN WITH AGILITY
What Is Dog Agility?
Agility is just about the most fun a dog and a human can have together! It's a great confidence builder, is wonderful exercise for you both, and it develops many different skills, including attention to the handler, jumping ability, overall agility, and perhaps most important, teamwork.
Agility is something that almost any dog can learn to do well, regardless of body type or breed. And three out of the four national agility registries welcome mixed breed dogs!
Gina, Standard Poodle
Uppie, Weimaraner
Running An Agility Course
In agility, the dog negotiates a course consisting of jumps (singles, doubles, and triples, and even a tire jump), obstacles (A-frame, dog walk, and teeter-totter), tunnels (pipe and collapsed), and weave poles.
The course is different every time, and the difficulty increases as the dog moves up in each registry. In other words, an AKC Novice course or a USDAA Starters course will be less difficult than an AKC Open course or a USDAA Advanced course.
Course faults are called for various errors -- knocking a bar, off-courses, refusals, etc. Time is also a factor -- there is a standard course time set for each course, and the dog will receive time faults for going over this time.
There are many differences between the various registries, including jump height, standard course time, and overall difficulty.
2.2.2012
Additional Obedience Match dates
- Friday, March 30, 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm (in conjunction with our Spring obedience/Rally trials)
- Saturday, May 5, 2012, 8:00 am-2:00 pm
** details to follow **
2.1.2012
Obedience Match
When: Sunday, February 26, 2012, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
Where: NDTC Training Bldg
What: 3 rings: Beg. Novice through Utility
How: Pre and Day-of registration
Cost: $5.00/run
More details on Events page
Print the Flyer (pdf)
1.30.2012
Obedience & Rally Trials
March 31 & April 1, 2012.
Location - NDTC building.
More details on Events page
Print the Premium List (pdf)
March obedience trial online entry form
March obedience trial Google Checkout Payment page for online entry
Rally Class
Nola, Marina, and Faye will again be holding rally class after the holidays on Friday evenings at 7. Mark the dates below on your calendar. The class is conducted on a drop-in basis. Let Nola know if you plan to attend.
January 13
January 20
February 3
February 10
March 2
Type On Forms
Did you know you can put your cursor right on the registration and membership forms and start typing? Fill it out, then just print, SIGN and drop off or mail to NDTC. You can also save the filled-out form for future use.
Website Photos
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