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Dog Agility: What's it all about?

Updated March 1998: "Agility has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade! Time to update the information and resources for Agile Vizsla enthusiasts!" Melissa Thomas mthomas1@elp.rr.com

The outline of this document highlights:

Online Agility Organizations
Agility Publications Additional Reading
Equipment Resources
Lists

Agility (brief definition taken from the AKC regulations)

The purpose of AKC agility trials is to afford owners the opportunity to demonstrate a dog's willingness to work with its handler under a variety of conditions. The program begins with basic entry level agility, and progresses to more complex levels that require dogs to demonstrate higher levels of training and interactions with their handlers. Agility results in a better rounded, conditioned dog, provides good basic training for search and rescue dogs, demonstrates good training and citizenship and has excellent spectator appeal. Agility trials are a sport and all participants should be guided by the principles
of good sportsmanship both in and outside the trial course.

Want a great place to explore the international world of agility?

A great encyclopedia of information can be found at the Dogpatch. The Dogpatch Agility http://www.dogpatch.org/agility.html

Online Agility Organizations:

American Kennel Club Agility AKC
http://www.akc.org/agregs.htm

United States Dog Agility Association, Inc. USDAA
http://www.usdaa.com/

North American Dog Agility Council, Inc. NADAC
http://www.teleport.com/~jhaglund/nadachom.htm

Australian Shepherd Club of America ASCA
http://www.asca.org/agility.htm

International Agility Link IAL
http://www.dogpatch.org/ial.html

Agility United Kingdom UK
http://www.dogcity.u-net.com/agilityuk/frames17.htm

The Agility Network
http://www.agility.net/

New Zealand Agility
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mbutler/nala/index.htm

Agility Publications:

Agility Training, The Fun Sport For All Dogs
Jane Simmons-Moake
Howell Book House, Macmillan Publishing Co., 866 3rd
Ave., NY, NY 10022
Order online from Amazon.com

Enjoying Dog Agility
Julie Daniels
Doral Publishing, P.O. Box 596, Wilsonville, OR 97070
Order online from Amazon.com

Jumping From A To Z. Teach Your Dog to Soar
M. Chris Zink, DVM & Julie Daniels
Canine Sports Productions, 1810A York Road, #360,
Lutherville, MD 21093
Web: http://www.caninesports.com

Introductory Agility Workbook
Cleanrun Productions, 35 Walnut Street, Turners Falls,
MA 01376
(413) 863-8303
web: http://www.cleanrun.com

Intermediate Agility Workbook
Cleanrun Productions

Advanced Agility Workbook
Cleanrun Productions

Agility Games: A Guide to Playing and Training
Stuart Mah
Cleanrun Productions

Fundamentals of Course Design for Dog Agility
Stuart Mah
Cleanrun Productions

Dog Agility Training: Building A Winning Team
Stuart Mah & Kathryn Lofthouse
Cleanrun Productions

Agility Training For The Small Dog (Book & Video)
Eva M. Martin
2275 Huntington Dr., #276, San Mariono, CA 91108
(818) 798-8110
www: http://home.earthlink.net/~agilitalgrey/
e-mail: agilityigy@aol.com

The Clothier Natural Jumping Method
Suzanne Clothier
Flying Dog Press, PO Box 290AB, Stanton, NJ 08885
1 (800) 7FlyDog
www: http://www.flyingdogpress.com/

Agility Training Workbook
Suzanne Clothier & Linda Caplan
Flying Dog Press

Motivational Agility Training (Video)
Suzanne Clothier & Linda Caplan
Flying Dog Press

Your Athletic Dog: A Functional Approach (Workbook & Video)
Suzanne Clothier
Flying Dog Press

United Kingdom:

Agility Is Fun (Books 1 and 2)
The "Our Dogs" Publishing Co. LTD.,
Ruth Hobday, Willow Batch, Carding Mill Valley,
Church Stretton,
Shropshire.
SY6 6JG
Tele: 0694-723126
Tapes also available.

Agility Fun The Hobday Way
Ruth Hobday
Clean Run Productions

Agility Dog International
Peter Lewis
Canine Publications,
21 Burridge Rd., Burridge, Southampton SO3 7BY England
Tapes also available.

Teaching Agility
Peter Lewis
Canine Publications

Additional Reading:

Peak Performance, Coaching The Canine Athelete.
M. Chris Zink, DVM
Canine Sports Productions
1810A York Road, #360
Lutherville, MD 21093
Web: http://www.caninesports.com

Don't Shoot The Dog! The New Art Of Teaching And Training.
Karen Pryor
Simon & Schuster
Rockefeller Center
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
www: http://www.karenpryor.com/

Equipment

Action K9 Sports, 27425 Catlauna, Sun City, CA
92585, (909)
679-3699
email: duncan@actionk9.com
web: http://www.actionk9.com/

Pipe Dreams, 35 Walnut St., Turner Falls, MA 01376,
(413) 863-8303,
web: http://www.max200.com

Grateful Dog Agility Gear, 20146 Acre St., Winnetka
CA 91306, (818)
709-3510
email: gratefuldog@hotmail.com

Paw Z Tracks, Box 39, Site 1, RR #7, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada
T2P
2G7, (403)
248-8744

MAX 200, 114 Beach St., Bldg 5, Rockaway, NJ 07866,
(800) 446-2920,
web: http://www.max200.com

J and J Dog Supplies, P.O. Box 1517, Galesburg, IL
61402, (800) 642-2050
email: jandjdog@galesburg.net
web: http://www.jandjdog.com/

Agility Lists

The Agility List
To subscribe to the agility list, send email to:

listproc@trumpkin.ou.edu

with a blank subject line and the following command as the
first (and only) line of the message body:

subscribe agility <your real name>

The Clean Run List
To subscribe, send an e-mail to:

listserv@apple.ease.lsoft.com

with a blank subject line and the following command as the first
(and only) line of the message body:

subscribe CLEANRUN-L <your real name>