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Agility - sport for all
13.02.2008 | admin
The Ultimate of Dog Sports. Agility is a team sport where you are in charge of the strategy and your dog is responsible for the athleticism. Dog’s leap over hurdles, power through tunnels, zip through a slalom of upright poles and scale ramps of different sizes. The aim is to find the balance between the control of the dog and the speed of the performance. Scoring agility is based on faults, similar to equestrian show jumping. A dog that completes the obstacles correctly within the set time will earn a Clear Round. Dogs earn titles when they achieve a set number of clear rounds.
Obstacles
These can be a variety of Hurdles, Tunnels, Tyre jumps, Contact area equipment (Dogwalk, A-Frame and Seesaw) and Weave Poles. All designed with safety and spectator appeal in mind. Rules and Regulations contain descriptions and measurements of obstacles and covers how performance is marked in a competition. Details for the obstacles in relation to the different event classes can be found here.
jomp - consists of two to five low planks, spaced slightly apart and raised off the ground a little. This jump has marker poles at each corner. The planks have a slight horizontal slope and each graduates in height and width. The narrowest plank is the lowest to the ground.
- consists of two wide ramps. When upright the A-Frame looks like the letter ‘A’. The part of the ramp nearest the ground (when upright) is painted in a contrasting colour to the top part. This indicates the part of the ramp that dogs need to make contact with.
Hurdle. There are a variety of hurdles (jumps) utilised for agility competitions and include single, spread, winged and solid. Hurdles consist of two uprights that hold a bar, bars or solid element. Dogs jump between the uprights and over whatever is between. The height of the jump depends on the hight class of an event.
See - saw is similar to a child’s see-saw in that it consists of one long plank fixed to a sturdy base it can pivot on. Each end of the plank is painted in a contrasting colour to the rest of the plank to show where dogs need to touch. Dogs run up the plank, tip it, and then run down. The see-saw is known as a ‘Teeter’ or ‘Teeter-Totter’
Tyre - obstacle consists of a circle made of ag pipe tubing (or an actual tyre) with an aperture diameter of 40 - 600mm. This is suspended in a sturdy frame and dogs jump through the hole in the tyre. The height the tyre is suspended at depends on the height class of an event.
Pipe tunel is a long flexible tube that dogs run through. The diameter of the tunnel is 600-800mm and the length when straight is around 3-m. This tunnel is often flexed into different shapes, from straight, to a complete ‘U’ shape, to an ‘S’ bend.
Dog walk consists of three equal length planks. These join together to form an up ramp, a cross ramp and a down ramp. Like the A-Frame, the area on the up and down ramps closest to the ground is painted in a contrasting colour. This indicates the part of the plank that dogs need to make contact with.
Colapse tunel - also known as cloth or closed tunnel. This consists of an entrance of rigid construction that resembles a short tunnel, and an exit of a tube of non-rigid material (cloth). Dogs run into the open part of the tunnel and then push their way through the cloth to exit.
The tableTable - the pause table has a square top and the height from the ground is set depending on the height class of an event. Dogs jump onto the table and pause there for seconds (the judge counts the seconds). The table has to be of sturdy construction and the top requires a non-slip surface.
- is a variation on an ordinary hurdle or solid jump. Instead of a bar or solid piece between the uprights, the jump consists of ‘brush’ (or shrubbery) between the uprights.
- consist of a set of upright poles spaced at 0mm between centres. Most events utilise a set of 12 poles but some games can use a different number. Dogs slalom in and out of the gaps between the poles.
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