Eyes ablaze with focus, the black-and-white dog heeds the start cue from her handler. She makes a jump, sprints up an A-frame, darts into a tunnel, shimmies through the weaves like a slalom skier, ...

Quincy stood on a ramp in the agility ring, his tail wagging nonstop and his gaze trained on his owner, Sharon Bouman. “See what I mean about our relationship?” Bouman said, pointing to the happy ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." Agility training is ...

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Bizzy, an Australian shepherd, jumps through a hoop Friday during the United States Dog Agility Association's Southwest Regional Championships at Arroyo Vista ...

EVERETT (CBS) - What does it take to train your dog to weave in and out of sticks and jump through hoops? Obviously, the connection between dog and handler has to be strong but who knew it's the ...

Dog agility is a sport with more than 100,000 competition runs in Finland every year. According to a study encompassing 850 competing dogs carried out at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University ...

Katrena Mitchell/Special to the Times Record News Weave poles are a popular park of dog agility trials. The Obedience Training Club's annual agility competition will run April 15-17 at the Bridwell ...

Jan. 8—When Piper Chapman is competing, she darts through obstacles, makes sharp cuts and displays elite quickness. She also barks. Piper, a 12-year-old Shetland sheepdog, was one among the ...