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Dog obedience sports Sport Image Brief description Refs. Heelwork to music: Dogs and humans perform trained routines to music [10] Musical canine freestyle: Dogs and humans perform freestyle dance to music [11] Obedience trial: Dogs execute predefined tasks [12] Rally obedience: Dogs execute tasks without commands from judges and while ...
A set of four or five slightly raised platforms that form a broad area over which the dog must jump without setting their feet on any of the platforms. The length of the jump is adjusted for the dog's height. Tire jump A torus shape that is roughly the size of a tire (18 inches (46 cm) to 24 inches (61 cm) inside diameter) and suspended in a ...
Dogs can get UKC titles by competing in dock distance or height jumping like they can in agility, obedience, weight pulling, and others. North American Diving Dogs was founded by Debra Markwardt in 2014 [10] and offers diving dog titles recognized by the American Kennel Club (AKC) and Canadian Kennel Club (CKC). [11]
[1] [2] According to the American Kennel Club (AKC) obedience regulations . The basic objective of obedience trials, however, is to recognize dogs that have been trained to behave in the home, in public places, and in the presence of other dogs, in a manner that will reflect credit on the sport of obedience at all times and under all conditions ...
A member of the spitz group of dogs, the Keeshond in American Kennel Club (AKC) standard is 17 inches (43 cm) to 18 inches (46 cm) tall and 19.25 inches (48.9 cm) ± 2.4 inches (6.1 cm) in the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) standard and weighs 30 pounds (14 kg) to 40 pounds (18 kg). Sturdily built, they have a typical spitz ...
A dog and owner at a Rally competition. Rally obedience (also known as Rally or Rally-O) is a dog sport based on obedience. [1] It was originally devised by Charles L. "Bud" Kramer from the obedience practice of "doodling"—doing a variety of interesting warmup and freestyle exercises.
Silken Windhounds were founded and developed in Austin, Texas, by Francie Stull, a successful breeder of show and performance American Kennel Club Borzoi and Deerhounds, using her favored Borzoi and Lurcher bloodlines.
In the American Kennel Club, an Obedience Trial Championship (OTCH) is awarded to a dog and handler team receiving 100 points by placing first, second, third or fourth in the Open B or Utility B class and a first place in Utility B and/or Open B three times.