Dog Sports Information
Dog sports are activities that involve dogs.
Training a retrieve in Schutzhund, a dog sport.There is much discussion about what exactly defines a sport for dogs. Some issues:
- Must a sport be entertaining to watch? Agility, Disc dog, and Dock Jumping are very entertaining to spectators, and often televised.
- If a human companion is not actively involved, is it actually a sport? Take greyhound racing, for example, or hunting from a duck blind, from which the dog retrieves the game.
- Is any activity a sport if a casual observer does not understand the nature of the competition? For example, in a conformation show the handler and dog move around a ring for a judge to evaluate the dog's appearance and structure; the skill and knowledge required are not obvious to those uninterested in the sport.
This list is intended only to represent anything that anyone is likely to refer to as a dog sport, not to argue its validity as sport.
An Alaskan Malamute going over an A-frame during a dog agility competition A Golden Retriever Dock Jumping into a pool.- This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
- Agility
- Bikejoring
- Cani cross
- Caniteering
- Carting
- Competition obedience
- Conformation showing
- Catchball (A variation on Flyball)
- Disc Dog
- Dog fighting
- Dock Jumping
- Dog hiking, Pack Hiking
- Dog scootering
- Earthdog trials
- Field trials
- Flyball
- French Ring Sport
- Greyhound racing
- Hare coursing
- Herding or Stock Dog
- Hunting
- Hound Trailing
- Junior Showmanship
- Lure coursing
- Mushing, Dog mushing
- Musical canine freestyle; Canine Dressage; Heelwork to Music
- Nose work
- Obedience training
- Protection sports (including Schutzhund Service Dogs Of America and French Ring Sport)
- Rally obedience
- Retrieving trials
- Scootering
- Sheepdog trials (or Herding)
- Sighthound Disc Sport
- Sighthound racing (including Greyhound & Whippet racing, coursing, and lure coursing)
- Skijoring
- Sled dog racing
- Dog Surfing
- Terrier Racing
- Tracking trials (see also Tracking (dog))
- Water work/Water rescue
- Weight pulling
- Weiner Racing (i.e. racing Dachshunds)
References
- "101 Ways to Do More With Your Dog!"
See also
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