This past weekend I helped at a canine (has anyone noticed how K9 and canine mean the same thing but kinda bring up different connotations) agility competition. My role was to sit in the ring, not move, or make eye contact with the dogs, and reset or change the jumps.
It was amazing to see how well trained and speedy these dogs are. These pictures show some of the typical obstacles. In the first round the owner can have the dog do them in any order for maximum points, this was also the round where there was an area where only the dog could go into. This forced the owner to direct the dog by verbal commands only to get the bonus for doing the 3 obstacles correctly.
The most common dogs for the agility competition seem to be dobermans, german shephards, border collies, but there were also shaggy afghans, poodles, scotty dogs and other tiny dogs who were pretty dang adorable! Especially when the small ones would rum up the teeter toter and scrunch down as it would slowly tip down the other way.
A guy that works in finance in my office was also there with his wife and their dog, he also takes photos to sell at the show, he's shared a few with me.
Joe's dog leaving the weave obstacle.
Dog going up narrow ramp.
Bishu jumping an 8" jump.
Beagle jumping and 8" jump.
Bishu coming out of the chute.
Big dog jumping.
Big dog coming out of the chute.
At some point during the show, while there are dogs barking and people cheering I dozed off.
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