| Dog Agility Training actually began in Great Britain, | | | | the beginning revealing a small hole and opens up |
| and came to the United States in 1977. The sport of | | | | gradually where the end is an open tube. This |
| dog agility was created from equestrian agility sports. | | | | obstacle can be scary for dogs so it is important to |
| Dog agility training also includes handler control and | | | | train with something similar. You can get a tunnel like |
| confidence with a set up of various obstacles for the | | | | the ones they have at dog agility competitions and |
| dogs. In the sport of dog agility there are jumps, | | | | squeeze it almost closed at the beginning to create |
| tunnels, seesaws or teeters, an A frame, and weave | | | | the small hole and allow it to get wider and wider as |
| poles. Weave poles are the most difficult dog agility | | | | it gets closer to the end. In dog agility training you |
| training to teach and for dogs to learn. The dogs | | | | can help by assuring your dog to go through the |
| who are competing in a dog agility competition must | | | | tunnel and calling her from the end. |
| follow a particular path through the obstacles, | | | | The Double Jump: This one, obviously, will test your |
| complete the obstacles, and even have what are | | | | dog's jumping abilities. Sometimes there are single |
| called yellow zones - places where the dog must | | | | jumps and double jumps in dog agility competitions. |
| touch in order to qualify for the obstacle and the | | | | This is where poles are set up at a certain height |
| competition. | | | | (much like those in equestrian competitions), and the |
| The Seesaw: This obstacle is a lot like that you | | | | dog must jump over them without knocking them |
| would see in a children's playground, but this one has | | | | off or touching them. In dog agility training you can |
| no handles on either end and has yellow zones on | | | | help your dog by having something similar at home to |
| each end. The yellow is put there so the dogs must | | | | help them work on jumping. |
| climb up the seesaw from the beginning, make it tip, | | | | The A Frame: The A frame is a simple obstacle that |
| and then successfully go to the bottom. In dog agility | | | | makes your dog walk up the wood and then back |
| training you can help by having a seesaw and walking | | | | down without jumping off of the sides. This obstacle |
| your dog up and down the seesaw without letting | | | | also has yellow zones at the bottom ends. In dog |
| them get off until they have completed the obstacle. | | | | agility training this would be an easier one to practice |
| When they do this trick successfully you can give | | | | at home, because you just need to create an A |
| them a treat or pet them and praise them. | | | | form for your dog to walk up and down. |
| The Pipe Tunnel: The pipe tunnel is very narrow at | | | | |