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An
American Tragedy
How the Agility community in The
United States is surviving the tragic events of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
(14/09/01) |
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Agility in Guatemala & Central America
Agility arrived in Guatemala in 2001 from North
and South America and just four years later they are hosting the 2005 FCI Copa de las
Americas y El Caribe. Juan Leon-Wyss describes how the sport has grown. |
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As
American as Apple Pie & A-frame
Tania Chadwick, an unabashed American agility
enthusiast, surfed in from San Jose, California where she lives with her husband and two
Golden Retrievers, Murphy and Marley, both of whom are competing in Agility. Here's how
it works on the Other Side of the Pond. |
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Barbados
Revisited
Kathrin Tasker returns to
judge the island to judge their first agility show and fun day and while she is there she
enjoys the sun, sea, sand and old friends.
(20/03/02) |
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Brazil: Nuts about Agility
When Dan Wroblewski and Sam Gottlieb met, they formed a
instant partnership - and a lasting friendship - based on one objective. The boys from
Brazil were men with a mission - to bring Agility to Brazil. Sam takes up the story.
(23/05/00) |
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Canadian-style Agility
The Agility Association of Canada (AAC) was founded in 1988 by Art Newman. At
first, there were only a handful of people involved nationwide, but the numbers have
increased apace and now there are about 900 members. The rules are probably similar to
those in the UK - dogs have to go THROUGH tunnel and OVER jumps - but there are
differences. Maureen Jennings and Lynda Yielding go into the nitty gritty of agility the
Canadian way.
(23/01/02) |
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Canadian Clicker Camps 2003
When well-known Canadian agility handler and instructor asked Jo Sermon to
teach at her summer camps, what could Jo say but yes. So Jo packed her bags and her
clicker, kissed her dogs good-bye and off she went.
(01/02/04) |
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El Agility in Columbia
Agility only started up in Colombia, South
America in 1998. In the beginning they trained with broomsticks, bed railings, and any
object that could be recycled from the trash. Now they send teams around the world.
(18/02/05) |
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The
First Canadian National Championships
It's been a long time coming... two years in the
planning, but they finally did it! Canada has finally put together a National
Championship program. The Agility Association of Canada (AAC) held it's first ever
National Championship at Spruce Meadows Equestrian Centre in Calgary Alberta on 1-2
September 2001. It included a Power & Speed course designed by our own Jo Rhodes. By all
accounts, it was well worth the wait. Kim Collins explains
how it worked.
(23/01/02) |
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The Formation of NADAC
The North American Dog Agility Council (NADAC) was
founded in the 1990s by Sharon Nelson. Now it is coming to the UK with a
slightly different, more goal-oriented brand of agility. American
Murrelet Haldermann, the NADAC UK representative, sent us a bit of
history to explain to the UK agility community about the beginnings of
NADAC and why NADAC made the choices they did. |
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Going Home
Mary Ann Nester has lived in England for the last
twenty-eight years and still says 'side-walk' instead of 'pavement.' It was time for her
to go home and see the family. (26/04/00) |
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US
& the Rest of the World
Anne A. Smith wrote this article for her club newsletter a few weeks ago,
comparing the American Agility to the rest of the world. What do you think? |
