AGILITY

Agility is a sport that requires you to run with your dog and take them through a series of obstacles, including jumps, tunnels, and even teeter totters.  We participate in CKC, AKC and AAC trials but there are plenty of other organizations available as well.

OBEDIENCE

Competitive obedience involves training your dog to do a series of predetermined exercises.  The novice level includes heeling on and off leash, doing a recall and having the dog stay in a sit position for one minute and in a down positive for three minutes.  Here's Owen doing the heel on leash exercise at PCA 2007.

Here's Owen doing the sit stay exercise with the other poodles in the Novice B class at PCA 2007.

Here we are getting ready to do the figure 8 exercise which is part of the on-leash heeling.