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2012 Spring and Fall Agility Trials
In 2012, Mid-Hudson Kennel Association will be hosting two agility trail events, one on April 28th and 29th at Cantine Field, Saugerties, and the other on October 13th and 14th at High Goal Farm, 68 Louse Hill Road, Greenwich, NY. More information about the two trials will be posted here as soon as details have been finalized. Hilda Kastanis is show chairperson. Registration will be handled through Pawprint Trials. The Trial Secretary for both trials will be Noreen Bennett.
"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...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." (Wikipedia)
General information about dog agility may be found on the AKC agility pages.
In 2012, Mid-Hudson Kennel Association will be hosting two agility trail events, one on April 28th and 29th at Cantine Field, Saugerties, and the other on October 13th and 14th at High Goal Farm, 68 Louse Hill Road, Greenwich, NY. More information about the two trials will be posted here as soon as details have been finalized. Hilda Kastanis is show chairperson. Registration will be handled through Pawprint Trials. The Trial Secretary for both trials will be Noreen Bennett."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...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." (Wikipedia)
General information about dog agility may be found on the AKC agility pages.
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