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 [...]
Marcy Mantell and Wave are world champions, but they still have something to prove at the FCI 2009 Dog Agility World Championships. “It’s a different kind of pressure,” Mantell said. “We’re going back to defend our title from last year. We’re going to do the best we can. We’ve been working hard all year long [...]
Focus likes to swim but otherwise wants to move as little as possible, said his handler, Geri Hernandez. “Off the course he’s a couch potato,” Hernandez, 49, said. “He acts like exercise is killing him except for when he doing agility.” Focus comes to life in the agility course. He bounds over jumps, scrambles onto [...]
Dog agility is not just about a dog’s ability to race through an obstacle course; it’s also about the canine’s willingness to work with his handler, said Andy Hartman, captain for the 2009 AKC Agility World Team. “It’s about teamwork between handler and dog,” said Hartman, who is also American Kennel Club director of agility. This [...]
