Dog agility is a sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy. Dogs must run off-leash with no food or toys as incentives. The handler can touch neither dog nor obstacles, except accidentally. Consequently, the handler's controls are limited to voice, movement, and various body signals, requiring exceptional training of the animal and of the human.

Courses are complicated enough that a dog could not complete them correctly without human direction. In competition, the handler must assess the course, decide on handling strategies, and direct the dog through the course, with precision and speed equally important. Many strategies exist to compensate for the inherent difference in human and dog speeds and the strengths and weaknesses of the various dogs and handlers.

Our little red one has discovered Agility with his handler Celina - and he loves it! In no time at all, Elroy has been sufficiently trained for competition: He only needed four months to learn all obstacles. This shows how intelligent our papillons are!

Photos shows Elroy on a agility competition and are taken by

Heinz Gassmann www.g-production.com

Celina and Tribi started at competitions with big success.