Browsing Tag agility

i Love Dogs is very proud to pawnouce that our ambassadors Deborah Davidson Harpur and Magi were featured in the AKC Canine Partners News.

This week’s reader rescue story is about Gigi. She was left tied up outside of market where she sat for two days and nights before someone finally untied her and took her to the shelter. She was adopted by one of our own, Deb Harpur, i Love Dogs Ambassador. We hope you enjoy reading her story as much as we did.

Six of the best agility dogs in the country were awarded spots last weekend on the 2010 AKC World Agility Team.

PM2 Dog Agility Team members Magi, Kokomo and the Williams earned three new titles in AKC Agility, which now allows mixed breeds to compete.

When i Love Dogs traverses the country for various events, we have the pleasure of meeting dog lovers from all paws of life. This previous December, while at the AKC/Eukanuba Agility Invitational, our booth had an intriguing visit by a woman and her pooch who had come to the invitational all the way from Brazil! [...]

While 2009 wasn’t the Year of the Dog (it was actually the Year of the Rat), many stories about our four-legged furiends shared the spotlight, such as the successful rehabilitation of Michael Vick’s dogs; Pet Airways, the first airline for dogs and cats; “First Dog” Bo Obama, and more. Based on our readers’ visits to the [...]

Beginning in April, the American Kennel Club will allow mixed-breed dogs to participate in Agility, Obedience and Rally events.

The AKC Agility World Team grabbed victory again at the 2009 FCI World Agility Championship games. The medium team won a silver medal with three clear runs while Border Collie Juice topped off her career with a silver medal in the individual events for large dogs.  Team captain Andy Hartman said he’s happy just to be [...]

Zippity the Border Collie lives for agility, said her human Denise Thomas. “She is really a talented dog physically,” Thomas said. “She’s a very graceful jumper.” Thomas said agility is in Zippity’s family – her brother and father competed in agility on the international level. The 5-year-old Border Collie was scheduled to tackle the courses [...]

Agility has taken Karen Holik all over the country and the world. “We’ve been to Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Mexico and Costa Rica, teaching agility,” Holik, 42, said as she rode in an RV with six dogs and her boyfriend.  This year, Holik also traveled to Wyoming, California and North Carolina to teach agility. During the [...]